curtosis
Spanish, noun/kuɾˈtosis/
curtosis is spelled C-U-R-T-O-S-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curtosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “kurtosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuarto momento centrado y normalizado de una variable aleatoria, que mide el tamaño de la cola de una…”.
What does curtosis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekurtosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cuarto momento centrado y normalizado de una variable aleatoria, que mide el tamaño de la cola de una distribución, o cuanta probabilidad hay de encontrar excentricidades.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce curtosis?
- /kuɾˈtosis/
- [kuɾˈt̪o.sis]
- [kuɾˈt̪osis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to curtosis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curtosis in Spanish?
curtosis appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).