cuero
[ˈkweɾo]
The verdict
“cuero” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,486 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,486
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkweɾo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuero” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cuero is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkweɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,486 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuero, with forms such as "ccuero", "ceuro", and "cueor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuyo", "culo", "cura", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cuero, spelled C-U-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales.
- 2Material elástico y resistente obtenido depués de tratar el cuero₁ de los animales.
- 3Epidermis de las frutas, raíces y tubérculos.
- 4Criatura de la mitología mapuche; su aspecto es semejante al de un cuero de animal por el dorso y con una gran boca y garras por su parte inferior. Es un carnívoro que envuelve a humanos y animales desprevenidos para llevárselos debajo de la superficie y devorarlos. Habita en ríos y lagos.
- 5Prostituta.
- 6Castigo físico consistente en azotes con cinturón.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccuero,ceuro,cueor,cuerro,cureo,ucero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuero - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “cuero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkweɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cuyo” - see the side-by-side comparison. cuero vs cuyo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.