curriculum vitae
[ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.ta]
The verdict
“curriculum vitae” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de curriculum vitæ
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curriculum vitae |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.ta] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “curriculum vitae” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for curriculum vitae is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.ta]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grafía alternativa de curriculum vitæ".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for curriculum vitae, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is curriculum vitae, spelled C-U-R-R-I-C-U-L-U-M- -V-I-T-A-E.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de curriculum vitæ
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.
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Using “curriculum vitae”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-R-R-I-C-U-L-U-M- -V-I-T-A-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ky.ʁi.ky.lɔm vi.ta] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.