cuca

/[ˈkuka]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,033

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cuca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Genitales internos y externos —es decir, vagina y vulva— femeninos. Pronounced [ˈkuka]. Often confused with cup and cum.

Key facts for cuca
PropertyValue
Headwordcuca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkuka]
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,033
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cuca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuca is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkuka]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,033 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuca, with forms such as "ccua", "ccuca", and "cuac". 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 cuca, spelled C-U-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitales internos y externos —es decir, vagina y vulva— femeninos.
  2. 2
    Órgano que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, de forma eréctil, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto génitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante la excreción y la cópula; en el ser humano no es retráctil. Está compuesto en su mayor parte por tejidos esponjosos, llamados cuerpos cavernosos, que al saturarse de sangre producen la erección.
  3. 3
    Acción de masturbarse.
  4. 4
    Cualquier animal invertebrado de forma tubular o aplanada pero siempre elongada y ápodo, sea ésta su forma adulta —como en los anélidos, nematodos y platelmintos— o una fase previa —como en las larvas de muchos insectos.
  5. 5
    (Ardea cocoi) Ave zancuda de gran tamaño y plumaje grisáceo a gris azulado, que habita zonas húmedas en todo el mundo. Es de hábitos nocturnos y huidizos, formando grupos pequeños y nidificando en la copa de los árboles. Alcanza los 120 cm de altura, con el largo cuello de color blanco y corona y nuca negro intenso, así como el pecho. Las remeras son asimismo negruzcas. El pico es de color amarillento, largo, adaptado a la captura de los crustáceos y peces que conforman su alimento.
  6. 6
    Ave legendaria y parcialmente antropomórfica de la mitología mapuche, que puede ser de buen o mal agüero según su color.
  7. 7
    Furgón policial.
  8. 8
    Galleta dulce de harina de trigo.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccua,ccuca,cuac,cucca,ucca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuca

Misspelling Variants of "cuca"

ccua4ccuca5cuac4cucca5ucca4
Misspelling Variants of "cuca"

Frequency rank: #38,033 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuca"?
"cuca" is spelled C-U-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkuka].
What does "cuca" mean?
As a noun, "cuca" means: Genitales internos y externos —es decir, vagina y vulva— femeninos.
What words are commonly confused with "cuca"?
"cuca" is commonly confused with "cup", "cum", "cut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuca" is [ˈkuka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuca" come from?
"cuca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.