cuello de botella
[ˈkweʝo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪eʝa]
The verdict
“cuello de botella” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte más angosta de una botella ubicada entre el cuerpo y la boca.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuello de botella |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈkweʝo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪eʝa] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuello de botella” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cuello de botella is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkweʝo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪eʝa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cuello de botella, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cuello de botella, spelled C-U-E-L-L-O- -D-E- -B-O-T-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Parte más angosta de una botella ubicada entre el cuerpo y la boca.
- 2Descenso drástico en el número de miembros de una especie.
- 3Fenómeno en el que el desempeño o capacidad de un sistema está limitado por uno de sus componentes, a este componente también se le conoce como cuello de botella.
- 4Proceso en una cadena de procesos que limita la capacidad de toda la cadena.
- 5Parte de una ruta en la que su capacidad de tráfico está reducida temporalmente por debajo de su nivel normal o que está debajo de la capacidad del resto de la ruta.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cuello de botella”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-E-L-L-O- -D-E- -B-O-T-E-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkweʝo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪eʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.