curl
[ˈkuɾl]
The verdict
“curl” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,857 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ejercicio de gimnasio en el que se levantan mancuernas de forma alternada con los brazos al tiempo que se rotan las muñecas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-curl · curl · Spanish
curl · rank #80,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,857
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cumplís
Nearest frequency peer: cumplís (-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 “curl”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cuartetas
cuartetas
19,148 corpus weight
- cuesten
cuesten
19,147 corpus weight
- culiar
culiar
19,146 corpus weight
- cumplís
cumplís
19,145 corpus weight
- curl
curl
19,144 corpus weight
- cuánticas
cuánticas
19,142 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “curl” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curl |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkuɾl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “curl” en español
Rare enough to double-check
curl is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,857 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkuɾl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ejercicio de gimnasio en el que se levantan mancuernas de forma alternada con los brazos al tiempo que se rotan las muñecas.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for curl, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is curl, spelled C-U-R-L.
Definition
- 1Ejercicio de gimnasio en el que se levantan mancuernas de forma alternada con los brazos al tiempo que se rotan las muñecas.
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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