curco
[ˈkuɾko]
The verdict
“curco” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de la persona aquejada de una joroba.
Corpus desk
Index ES-curco · curco · Spanish
curco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkuɾko] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “curco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
curco is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkuɾko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dice de la persona aquejada de una joroba.".
curco has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is curco, spelled C-U-R-C-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de la persona aquejada de una joroba.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how curco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A la hora de la oración hacía un poco de tertulia con el juez, el subdelegado y el jorobadito Muñoz. Elías escuchaba silencioso. El curquito Muñoz tenía tres títulos de grandeza: era el tendero, el hombre de letras y el filósofo del pueblo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.