cuento chino
[ˈkwẽn̪t̪o ˈt͡ʃino]
The verdict
“cuento chino” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un cuento o historia que es fantástico y muy exagerado; también, un relato de veracidad cuestionable; una mentira, una falsedad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuento-chino · cuento chino · Spanish
cuento chino · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | cuento chino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkwẽn̪t̪o ˈt͡ʃino] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuento chino” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuento chino is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkwẽn̪t̪o ˈt͡ʃino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un cuento o historia que es fantástico y muy exagerado; también, un relato de veracidad cuestionable; una mentira, una falsedad.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cuento chino in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cuento chino, spelled C-U-E-N-T-O- -C-H-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Un cuento o historia que es fantástico y muy exagerado; también, un relato de veracidad cuestionable; una mentira, una falsedad.
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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.