Curitiba
[kuɾiˈt̪iβ̞a]
The verdict
“Curitiba” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #41,838 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #41,838
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - es una ciudad de Brasil.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Curitiba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kuɾiˈt̪iβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Curitiba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Curitiba is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kuɾiˈt̪iβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,838 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "es una ciudad de Brasil.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Curitiba, with forms such as "ccuritiba", "cruitiba", and "cuirtiba". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "curita", "crítica", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Curitiba, spelled C-U-R-I-T-I-B-A.
Definition
- 1es una ciudad de Brasil.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccuritiba,cruitiba,cuirtiba,curiitba,curitbia,curitiab,curitibba,curitiva,curittiba,curritiba,curtiiba,ucritiba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Curitiba - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Curitiba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-R-I-T-I-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kuɾiˈt̪iβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “curita” - see the side-by-side comparison. Curitiba vs curita
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.