cuerda

/[ˈkweɾð̞a]/ noun

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Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,193

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cuerda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuerpo de material flexible, largo y delgado, formado por múltiples hilos trenzados o torzados para unirlos, empleado para atar. Pronounced [ˈkweɾð̞a]. It ranks #5,193 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cura and cueva.

Key facts for cuerda
PropertyValue
Headwordcuerda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkweɾð̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,193
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuerda is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkweɾð̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,193 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuerda, with forms such as "ccuerda", "ceurda", and "cuedra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cura", "cueva", "cuero", 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 cuerda, spelled C-U-E-R-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuerpo de material flexible, largo y delgado, formado por múltiples hilos trenzados o torzados para unirlos, empleado para atar.
  2. 2
    En particular, cuerda₁ o rosca que tensa el muelle que da movimiento a un aparato mecánico.
  3. 3
    En particular, cuerda₁ delgada de material inflamable con que se encendían algunas armas de fuego y explosivos.
  4. 4
    En particular, cuerda₁ que une el puente y el clavijero de algunos instrumentos musicales, y que por su tensión vibra produciendo un sonido. Se hace sonar pulsándola con las uñas o un plectro o bien rozándolas con un arco.
  5. 5
    Instrumento de este tipo, como la guitarra, el laúd, el violín, etc.
  6. 6
    Rango de tonos que alcanza a cantar la voz de una persona.
  7. 7
    Cada uno de los rangos que se distinguen convencionalmente en la música académica.
  8. 8
    Segmento de recta delimitado por dos puntos de una curva.
  9. 9
    Línea basal de un arco.
  10. 10
    Cuerda₁ usada para tomar medidas topográficas.
  11. 11
    Canto de un filón rocoso que se ve expuesto por una falla del terreno o la acción humana.
  12. 12
    Borde interior de una pista de carreras.
  13. 13
    Aparato formado por una cuerda₁ con mangos en sus extremos, usado para ciertas pruebas deportivas.
  14. 14
    Prueba o ejercicio realizado con una cuerda₁₃.
  15. 15
    Madero en el que se encajan los tablones que forman la cubierta.
  16. 16
    Conjunto de penados que van atados juntos.
  17. 17
    Antigua medida española de longitud, equivalente a 8,5 varas, unos 709,75 cm.
  18. 18
    Antigua medida española de superficie rural, equivalente a 100 × 100 varas.
  19. 19
    Antigua medida española para la altura del ganado, equivalente a 147 cm.
  20. 20
    Medida portorriqueña de superficie, equivalente a 3929 m².

Synonyms

cabuyamecatesogamechacomba

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccuerda,ceurda,cuedra,cuerad,cuerdda,cuerrda,cureda,ucerda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuerda

Misspelling Variants of "cuerda"

ccuerda7ceurda6cuedra6cuerad6cuerdda7cuerrda7cureda6ucerda6
Misspelling Variants of "cuerda"

Frequency rank: #5,193 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuerda"?
"cuerda" is spelled C-U-E-R-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkweɾð̞a].
What does "cuerda" mean?
As a noun, "cuerda" means: Cuerpo de material flexible, largo y delgado, formado por múltiples hilos trenzados o torzados para unirlos, empleado para atar.
What words are commonly confused with "cuerda"?
"cuerda" is commonly confused with "cura", "cueva", "cuero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuerda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuerda" is [ˈkweɾð̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuerda" come from?
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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.