cuqui

[ˈkuki]

/[ˈkuki]/ adj

The verdict

“cuqui” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,314 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,314
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que resulta agradable a la vista, especialmente referido a cosas con aspecto infantil o animales a los que apetece abrazar .

Corpus desk

Index ES-cuqui · cuqui · Spanish

cuqui · rank #75,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,314
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH céntricos

Nearest frequency peer: céntricos (+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 “cuqui”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cuqui” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cuqui
PropertyValue
Headwordcuqui
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkuki]
Letters5
Frequency rank#75,314
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cuqui” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cuquicae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “céntricos” (#75,315), “culeras” (#75,312), “cónicas” (#75,316). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cuqui” va en #75,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cuqui is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,314 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkuki]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que resulta agradable a la vista, especialmente referido a cosas con aspecto infantil o animales a los que apetece abrazar .".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cuqui in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cuqui, spelled C-U-Q-U-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que resulta agradable a la vista, especialmente referido a cosas con aspecto infantil o animales a los que apetece abrazar .

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cuqui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Todo un catálogo de cafeterías ‘cuquis’ que han convertido a Seúl en el epicentro mundial del ‘café + tarta’ más deseado.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuqui"?
"cuqui" is spelled C-U-Q-U-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkuki].
What does "cuqui" mean?
As an adjective, "cuqui" means: Que resulta agradable a la vista, especialmente referido a cosas con aspecto infantil o animales a los que apetece abrazar .
How do you pronounce "cuqui"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuqui" is [ˈkuki]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cuqui", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list