cuneiforme

/[kunejˈfoɾme]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#93,970

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cuneiforme is anSpanishadj. It means: Con forma de cuña. Pronounced [kunejˈfoɾme].

Key facts for cuneiforme
PropertyValue
Headwordcuneiforme
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[kunejˈfoɾme]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,970
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuneiforme is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kunejˈfoɾme]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,970 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for cuneiforme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 cuneiforme, spelled C-U-N-E-I-F-O-R-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Con forma de cuña.
  2. 2
    Se dice de la escritura que se escribía de izquierda a derecha mediante signos con forma de cuñas, representando palabras y sílabas, empleada por las antiguas culturas del Asia Menor (babilonios, sumerios,...). Esta escritura se grababa en tablillas y cilindros de arcilla, mediante estiletes de caña.
  3. 3
    Propio de esta escritura o relacionado con ella.
  4. 4
    Se dice de las piezas florales con forma de cuña.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #93,970 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuneiforme"?
"cuneiforme" is spelled C-U-N-E-I-F-O-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kunejˈfoɾme].
What does "cuneiforme" mean?
As an adj, "cuneiforme" means: Con forma de cuña.
How do you pronounce "cuneiforme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuneiforme" is [kunejˈfoɾme]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuneiforme" come from?
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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.