cuchilla
[kuˈt͡ʃiʝa]
The verdict
“cuchilla” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,976
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte plana de una herramienta o de un arma, normalmente de un filo o un extremo afilado y por lo general de metal como el acero, para cortar, apuñalar, rebanar, clavar lanzando a distancia, tajar ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuchilla · cuchilla · Spanish
cuchilla · rank #19,976 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,976
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cubos
Nearest frequency peer: cubos (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cuchilla”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- credo
credo
80,029 corpus weight
- cuarzo
cuarzo
80,028 corpus weight
- cubos
cubos
80,026 corpus weight
- cuchilla
cuchilla
80,025 corpus weight
- cupones
cupones
80,024 corpus weight
- cáliz
cáliz
80,023 corpus weight
What this shows “cuchilla” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuchilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈt͡ʃiʝa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cuchilla”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cuchilla (IPA [kuˈt͡ʃiʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,976 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuchilla, with forms such as "ccuchilla", "ccuhilla", and "cucchilla". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cuchillo", "cuchillos", "cuchillas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cuchilla, spelled C-U-C-H-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Parte plana de una herramienta o de un arma, normalmente de un filo o un extremo afilado y por lo general de metal como el acero, para cortar, apuñalar, rebanar, clavar lanzando a distancia, tajar o dar aire girando como en un ventilador.
- 2Instrumento con hoja ancha de metal, de un solo filo, con su mango para manejarlo.
- 3Hoja muy fina y afilada que, montada en una maquinilla o instrumento diseñado para el efecto, sirve para afeitar los vellos faciales o de otras partes del cuerpo humano.
- 4Elevación del terreno de alta pendiente con picos que se parecen a los de un arma punzante como la cuchilla₂.
- 5Eminencia prolongada de poca altura, que ondula suavemente hasta llanura.
- 6Cumbre o cima de montañas y sierras.
- 7Arma recta y alargada, con empuñadura, empleada por los caballeros de los siglos XV al XIX para defenderse, y hoy en el deporte de la esgrima.
- 8Profesor, cónyuge o jefe muy estrictos.
- 9Interruptor general de la energía eléctrica.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuchilla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Hijo de las llanuras apenas interrumpidas por esas ligeras ondulaciones del terreno que en mi provincia natal llaman cuchillas, siento por las montañas y sus misterios una admiración que se confunde con el culto". (LORENZO ANADÓN, Juicio sobre "Mis Montañas".).
Tengo que colgar porque llegó la cuchilla (mi jefe).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccuchilla
- ccuhilla
- cucchilla
- cuchhilla
- cuchila
- cuchilal
- cuchlila
- cucihlla
- cuhcilla
- ucchilla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuchilla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).