cueva
[ˈkweβ̞a]
The verdict
“cueva” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,389
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavidad natural del terreno, apta para servir de cobijo a animales y seres humanos, y que puede ser acondicionada para vivienda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cueva · cueva · Spanish
cueva · rank #5,389 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,389
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH controles
Nearest frequency peer: controles (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cueva”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- consideraci…
consideración
94,615 corpus weight
- continuidad
continuidad
94,614 corpus weight
- controles
controles
94,613 corpus weight
- cueva
cueva
94,612 corpus weight
- defecto
defecto
94,611 corpus weight
- demuestran
demuestran
94,610 corpus weight
What this shows “cueva” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | cueva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkweβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cueva”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cueva (IPA [ˈkweβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,389 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cueva, with forms such as "ccueva", "ceuva", and "cueav". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuya", "cura", "cuña", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cueva, spelled C-U-E-V-A.
Definition
- 1Cavidad natural del terreno, apta para servir de cobijo a animales y seres humanos, y que puede ser acondicionada para vivienda.
- 2Vagina de la mujer.
- 3Suerte o fortuna, éxito que llega por casualidad.
- 4Orificio del ano al final del intestino grueso.^([cita requerida]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cueva appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ganaste de pura cueva. (Ganaste de suertudo.).
¡Puchas que tenís cueva! (¡Caramba!, ¡que afortunado eres!).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccueva
- ceuva
- cueav
- cueba
- cuevva
- cuvea
- uceva
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cueva - 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 "cueva", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).