cuentagotas
[kwẽn̪t̪aˈɣ̞ot̪as]
The verdict
“cuentagotas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,397 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,397
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Utensilio, generalmente de vidrio o plástico, que permite suministrar un líquido gota a gota.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuentagotas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kwẽn̪t̪aˈɣ̞ot̪as] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuentagotas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuentagotas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,397 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kwẽn̪t̪aˈɣ̞ot̪as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Utensilio, generalmente de vidrio o plástico, que permite suministrar un líquido gota a gota.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cuentagotas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cuentagotas, spelled C-U-E-N-T-A-G-O-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Utensilio, generalmente de vidrio o plástico, que permite suministrar un líquido gota a gota.
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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 “cuentagotas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-E-N-T-A-G-O-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kwẽn̪t̪aˈɣ̞ot̪as] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.