cuero
[ˈkweɾo]
The verdict
“cuero” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,486
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuero · cuero · Spanish
cuero · rank #5,486 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,486
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH creencia
Nearest frequency peer: creencia (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cuero”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- correctamen…
correctamente
94,519 corpus weight
- costas
costas
94,518 corpus weight
- creencia
creencia
94,516 corpus weight
- cuero
cuero
94,515 corpus weight
- damas
damas
94,514 corpus weight
- demasiada
demasiada
94,511 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cuero” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Dónde se sitúa “cuero” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around cuero (IPA [ˈkweɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,486 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cuero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cesáreo, el Maucho, compañero de vivienda del Cabro (los hemos invitado a.ver la escuela), comenta con su voz cantada. —¡Si los pesca el «Cuero…»! El Cuero, hipócrita y terrible, se habría tragado a los dos…. —Una vez en San Carlos…. Sí. El Cuero es capaz de tragarse a un buey…. Porque… el Cuero es un animal que no es un animal… no tiene forma y nadie sab…
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cuero", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "cuero". Here's where to go from here.
- "cuero" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cuyo". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,486 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.