cubo
Letters
4 characters
Frequency Rank
#10,646
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
cubo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Recipiente en forma de cilindro, cono trunco, casi siempre provisto de un asa y utilizado para transportar líquidos, polvos u objetos pequeños. Pronounced [ˈkuβ̞o]. Often confused with cup and cum.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cubo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuβ̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cubo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkuβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,646 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for cubo, with forms such as "cbuo", "ccubo", and "cubbo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cup", "cum", "cut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cubo, spelled C-U-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Recipiente en forma de cilindro, cono trunco, casi siempre provisto de un asa y utilizado para transportar líquidos, polvos u objetos pequeños.
- 2Pieza ubicada en el centro de las ruedas de los carruajes, de la cual arrancan los rayos o radios, y en la cual se encaja el eje.
- 3Cilindro hueco en que remata por abajo la bayoneta, y que sirve para adaptarla al fusil.
- 4Cilindro hueco en que remata por abajo la moharra de la lanza y en el cual se introduce y asegura el asta.
- 5Estanque que se hace en los molinos para recoger el agua cuando es poca, a fin de que, reunida una mayor cantidad, pueda mover la muela.
- 6Pieza que tienen algunos relojes de bolsillo, en la cual se arrolla la cuerda.
- 7Torreón circular de las fortalezas antiguas.
- 8Pieza que sirve para acoplar el eje de transmisión con la suspensión de un vehículo.
- 9Mechero (cañón del candelero).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cbuo,ccubo,cubbo,cuob,cuvo,ucbo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cubo
Misspelling Variants of "cubo"
Frequency rank: #10,646 in Spanish
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