curandera
[kuɾãn̪ˈd̪eɾa]
The verdict
“curandera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,031 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,031
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del singular femenino de curandero.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curandera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuɾãn̪ˈd̪eɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “curandera” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
curandera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,031 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuɾãn̪ˈd̪eɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del singular femenino de curandero.".
Zero misspellings are on record for curandera in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is curandera, spelled C-U-R-A-N-D-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del singular femenino de curandero.
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 “curandera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-R-A-N-D-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.