curious
/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/
The verdict
“curious” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,952 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,952
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Curioso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-curious · curious · Spanish
curious · rank #70,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,952
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH curaron
Nearest frequency peer: curaron (-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 “curious”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cuestionamos
cuestionamos
29,054 corpus weight
- culear
culear
29,051 corpus weight
- curaron
curaron
29,050 corpus weight
- curious
curious
29,049 corpus weight
- cuídese
cuídese
29,047 corpus weight
- daughter
daughter
29,043 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “curious” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curious |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “curious” en español
Rare enough to double-check
curious is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,952 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
curious doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is curious, spelled C-U-R-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Curioso.
- 2Extraño.
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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