cuero

/[ˈkweɾo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,486

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cuero is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales. Pronounced [ˈkweɾo]. It ranks #5,486 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cuyo and culo.

Key facts for cuero
PropertyValue
Headwordcuero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkweɾo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,486
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuero is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuero, with forms such as "ccuero", "ceuro", and "cueor". 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, "cuyo", "culo", "cura", 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 cuero, spelled C-U-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales.
  2. 2
    Material elástico y resistente obtenido depués de tratar el cuero₁ de los animales.
  3. 3
    Epidermis de las frutas, raíces y tubérculos.
  4. 4
    Criatura 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.
  5. 5
    Prostituta.
  6. 6
    Castigo físico consistente en azotes con cinturón.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccuero,ceuro,cueor,cuerro,cureo,ucero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuero

Misspelling Variants of "cuero"

ccuero6ceuro5cueor5cuerro6cureo5ucero5
Misspelling Variants of "cuero"

Frequency rank: #5,486 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuero"?
"cuero" is spelled C-U-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkweɾo].
What does "cuero" mean?
As a noun, "cuero" means: Pellejo grueso y duro que cubre la carne de algunos animales.
What words are commonly confused with "cuero"?
"cuero" is commonly confused with "cuyo", "culo", "cura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuero" is [ˈkweɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuero" come from?
"cuero" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.