cuello de botella
[ˈkweʝo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪eʝa]
The verdict
“cuello de botella” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte más angosta de una botella ubicada entre el cuerpo y la boca.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuello-de-botella · cuello de botella · Spanish
cuello de botella · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuello de botella” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuello de botella is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈkweʝo ð̞e β̞oˈt̪eʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
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.