cuchillo
[kuˈt͡ʃiʝo]
The verdict
“cuchillo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,941 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,941
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Utensilio cortante formado por un mango y una hoja con filo, generalmente de metal.
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 | cuchillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈt͡ʃiʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuchillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cuchillo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kuˈt͡ʃiʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,941 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuchillo, with forms such as "ccuchillo", "ccuhillo", and "cucchillo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cursillo", "cuchillos", "cuchilla", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cuchillo, spelled C-U-C-H-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Utensilio cortante formado por un mango y una hoja con filo, generalmente de metal.
- 2Añadidura o remiendo, ordinariamente triangular, que se suele echar en los vestidos para darles más vuelo que el que permite lo ancho de la ropa, o para otros fines.
- 3Cada una de las dos piezas triangulares que a uno y otro lado de la media empalman la caña con el pie.
- 4Derecho o jurisdicción que uno tiene para gobernar, castigar y poner en ejecución las leyes.
- 5Cualquier cosa cortada o terminada en ángulo agudo; como una tabla cortada al sesgo, una habitación con paredes oblicuas, una pieza de tierra de figura triangular, etc.
- 6Conjunto de piezas de madera o hierro que, colocado verticalmente sobre apoyos, sostiene la cubierta de un edificio o el piso de un puente.
- 7Sala o habitación que tiene forma triangular en la distribución del edificio, sea por necesidades estructurales o por estilo.
- 8Cada una de las seis plumas del ala del halcón inmediatas a la principal, llamada tijera: la primera de aquellas se llama cuchillo maestro.
- 9Lugar en que se encuentran dos calles que son paralelas en otras zonas de la ciudad.
- 10(Gymnotus spp.) Pez iridiscente de agua dulce, común en Centro y Suramérica, capaz de emitir descargas eléctricas como los demás de la familia Gymnotidae (menos intensas que las del temblador o la anguila).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccuchillo,ccuhillo,cucchillo,cuchhillo,cuchilo,cuchilol,cuchlilo,cucihllo,cuhcillo,ucchillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuchillo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cuchillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-C-H-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kuˈt͡ʃiʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cursillo” - see the side-by-side comparison. cuchillo vs cursillo
- 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.