curtidor

[kuɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ]

/[kuɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ]/ noun

The verdict

“curtidor” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que tiene por oficio curtir pieles sometiéndolas a un tratamiento que las hace flexibles. .

Corpus desk

Index ES-curtidor · curtidor · Spanish

curtidor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for curtidor
PropertyValue
Headwordcurtidor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kuɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “curtidor” en español

curtidorqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

curtidor is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona que tiene por oficio curtir pieles sometiéndolas a un tratamiento que las hace flexibles. .".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for curtidor, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is curtidor, spelled C-U-R-T-I-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que tiene por oficio curtir pieles sometiéndolas a un tratamiento que las hace flexibles. .

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how curtidor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Con el trabajo del cuero se relacionan los siguientes artesanos: curtidores, zurradores, guarnicioneros.… Algunos de estos artesanos son la misma cosa.

Synonyms

noquerotanadorzurrador

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "curtidor"?
"curtidor" is spelled C-U-R-T-I-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kuɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ].
What does "curtidor" mean?
As a noun, "curtidor" means: Persona que tiene por oficio curtir pieles sometiéndolas a un tratamiento que las hace flexibles. .
How do you pronounce "curtidor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "curtidor" is [kuɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "curtidor" come from?
"curtidor" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list