cuelgan

/[ˈkwelɣ̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,634

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

cuelgan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de colgar o de colgarse. Pronounced [ˈkwelɣ̞ãn]. Often confused with culpan and cuelgo.

Key facts for cuelgan
PropertyValue
Headwordcuelgan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkwelɣ̞ãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,634
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuelgan is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkwelɣ̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,634 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de colgar o de colgarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuelgan, with forms such as "ccuelgan", "ceulgan", and "cueglan". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "culpan", "cuelgo", "cuentan", 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 cuelgan, spelled C-U-E-L-G-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de colgar o de colgarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccuelgan,ceulgan,cueglan,cuelagn,cuelgann,cuelggan,cuelgna,cuellgan,culegan,ucelgan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuelgan

Misspelling Variants of "cuelgan"

ccuelgan8ceulgan7cueglan7cuelagn7cuelgann8cuelggan8cuelgna7cuellgan8
Misspelling Variants of "cuelgan"

Frequency rank: #20,634 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuelgan"?
"cuelgan" is spelled C-U-E-L-G-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkwelɣ̞ãn].
What does "cuelgan" mean?
As a verb, "cuelgan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de colgar o de colgarse.
What words are commonly confused with "cuelgan"?
"cuelgan" is commonly confused with "culpan", "cuelgo", "cuentan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuelgan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuelgan" is [ˈkwelɣ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuelgan" come from?
"cuelgan" 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.