cuño
[ˈkuɲo]
The verdict
“cuño” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,470 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,470
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Molde metálico con el que se estampan las monedas y medallas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuno · cuño · Spanish
cuño · rank #61,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,470
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cólico
Nearest frequency peer: cólico (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cuño”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cuadrito
cuadrito
38,536 corpus weight
- cuánticos
cuánticos
38,533 corpus weight
- cuño
cuño
38,531 corpus weight
- cólico
cólico
38,530 corpus weight
- cúmulos
cúmulos
38,529 corpus weight
- Dacia
Dacia
38,528 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cuño” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuɲo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuño” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuño is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,470 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuɲo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
cuño has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cuño, spelled C-U-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Molde metálico con el que se estampan las monedas y medallas.
- 2Señal en relieve que deja este molde.
- 3Pieza sólida en forma de cono o pirámide, usada para ensanchar una hendidura.
- 4Por extensión, formación militar que recuerda a esta figura.
- 5Por extensión, grupo grande de tropa o de personas en general.
This word in other languages
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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