cúrcuma
[ˈkuɾkuma]
The verdict
“cúrcuma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,824 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,824
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Curcuma longa) Planta monocotiledónea, cuya raíz se parece al jengibre, huele como él y es algo amarga. Originaria de la India.
Corpus desk
Index ES-curcuma · cúrcuma · Spanish
cúrcuma · rank #66,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,824
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cumbias
Nearest frequency peer: cumbias (-2 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 “cúrcuma”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cultivador
cultivador
33,182 corpus weight
- culé
culé
33,181 corpus weight
- cumbias
cumbias
33,179 corpus weight
- cúrcuma
cúrcuma
33,177 corpus weight
- Dahlia
Dahlia
33,175 corpus weight
- debatirse
debatirse
33,172 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cúrcuma” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cúrcuma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuɾkuma] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cúrcuma” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cúrcuma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,824 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuɾkuma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cúrcuma in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cúrcuma, spelled C-Ú-R-C-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1(Curcuma longa) Planta monocotiledónea, cuya raíz se parece al jengibre, huele como él y es algo amarga. Originaria de la India.
- 2(Curcuma australasica) Variante de la cúrcuma, de hojas más grandes.
- 3Sustancia resinosa y amarilla que se extrae de la raíz de la cúrcuma. Toma color rojo sanguíneo por la acción de los álcalis, y sirve de reactivo en química, y en tintorería para teñir de amarillo.
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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