CUPS
[ˈkups]
The verdict
“CUPS” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,651 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,651
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sistema de impresión modular para sistemas operativos de tipo Unix que permite que un computador actúe como servidor de impresión. Un computador que ejecuta CUPS actúa como un servidor que puede ac...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CUPS |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkups] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “CUPS” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
CUPS is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,651 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkups]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sistema de impresión modular para sistemas operativos de tipo Unix que permite que un computador actúe como servidor de impresión. Un computador que ejecuta CUPS actúa como un servidor que puede ac...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for CUPS, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is CUPS, spelled C-U-P-S.
Definition
- 1sistema de impresión modular para sistemas operativos de tipo Unix que permite que un computador actúe como servidor de impresión. Un computador que ejecuta CUPS actúa como un servidor que puede aceptar tareas de impresión desde otros computadores clientes, los procesa y los envía al servidor de impresión apropiado.
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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Using “CUPS”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkups] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.