cueva

/[ˈkweβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,389

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cueva is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cavidad natural del terreno, apta para servir de cobijo a animales y seres humanos, y que puede ser acondicionada para vivienda. Pronounced [ˈkweβ̞a]. It ranks #5,389 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cuya and cura.

Key facts for cueva
PropertyValue
Headwordcueva
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkweβ̞a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,389
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cueva is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkweβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,389 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for cueva, with forms such as "ccueva", "ceuva", and "cueav". 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, "cuya", "cura", "cuña", 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 cueva, spelled C-U-E-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cavidad natural del terreno, apta para servir de cobijo a animales y seres humanos, y que puede ser acondicionada para vivienda.
  2. 2
    Vagina de la mujer.
  3. 3
    Suerte o fortuna, éxito que llega por casualidad.
  4. 4
    Orificio del ano al final del intestino grueso.^([cita requerida]).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccueva,ceuva,cueav,cueba,cuevva,cuvea,uceva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cueva

Misspelling Variants of "cueva"

ccueva6ceuva5cueav5cueba5cuevva6cuvea5uceva5
Misspelling Variants of "cueva"

Frequency rank: #5,389 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cueva"?
"cueva" is spelled C-U-E-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkweβ̞a].
What does "cueva" mean?
As a noun, "cueva" means: Cavidad natural del terreno, apta para servir de cobijo a animales y seres humanos, y que puede ser acondicionada para vivienda.
What words are commonly confused with "cueva"?
"cueva" is commonly confused with "cuya", "cura", "cuña". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cueva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cueva" is [ˈkweβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cueva" come from?
"cueva" 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.