cucharón
[kut͡ʃaˈɾõn]
The verdict
“cucharón” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #70,148 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,148
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cuchara grande y de cabeza hemisférica utilizada para servir sopas y otros alimentos ricos en caldo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cucharón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kut͡ʃaˈɾõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cucharón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cucharón is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kut͡ʃaˈɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,148 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cucharón, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cucharón, spelled C-U-C-H-A-R-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Cuchara grande y de cabeza hemisférica utilizada para servir sopas y otros alimentos ricos en caldo.
- 2Cantidad de alimento que cabe en un cucharón₁.
- 3Órgano de los animales que se ocupa de bombear la sangre.
- 4Persona que se mete en asuntos que no son de su incumbencia.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cucharón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-C-H-A-R-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kut͡ʃaˈɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.