curva

[ˈkuɾβ̞a]

/[ˈkuɾβ̞a]/ noun

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The verdict

“curva” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,507
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Línea o dirección que no es recta, que se dobla o cambia gradualmente de rumbo o inclinación sin formar ángulos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-curva · curva · Spanish

curva · rank #6,507 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,507
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH culpables

Nearest frequency peer: culpables (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “curva”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “curva” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

curva vs cuya
60% similar
curva vs curvo
80% similar
curva vs curvas
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for curva
PropertyValue
Headwordcurva
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkuɾβ̞a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,507
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “curva”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).curvacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “culpables” (#6,506), “definido” (#6,508), “crearon” (#6,505). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “curva” va en #6,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around curva (IPA [ˈkuɾβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,507 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for curva, with forms such as "ccurva", "cruva", and "curav". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuya", "curvo", "curvas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 curva, spelled C-U-R-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Línea o dirección que no es recta, que se dobla o cambia gradualmente de rumbo o inclinación sin formar ángulos.
  2. 2
    Línea que no es recta en ninguno de sus segmentos; fragmento de una elipse o de un círculo.
  3. 3
    Segmento o tramo no recto de una vía, carretera, camino, etc.
  4. 4
    Dentro de un gráfico de estadística, línea que muestra la variación de un fenómeno a lo largo de un conjunto de variables (en diferentes momentos, lugares, etc.).
  5. 5
    Pieza no recta que sirve para asegurar dos o más maderos o travesaños unidos en ángulo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Me encanta la curva de tu nariz.

This word in other languages

curve(English)Kurve(Deutsch)curva(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccurva
  • cruva
  • curav
  • curba
  • currva
  • curvva
  • cuvra
  • ucrva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of curva - 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.

ccurva1cruva2curav2curba1currva1curvva1cuvra2ucrva2
Edit distance from "curva"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "curva"?
"curva" is spelled C-U-R-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkuɾβ̞a].
What does "curva" mean?
As a noun, "curva" means: Línea o dirección que no es recta, que se dobla o cambia gradualmente de rumbo o inclinación sin formar ángulos.
What words are commonly confused with "curva"?
"curva" is commonly confused with "cuya", "curvo", "curvas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "curva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "curva" is [ˈkuɾβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "curva" come from?
"curva" 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "curva", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barro#6,491abren#6,480Uribe#6,473trece#6,471

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

emitir8 variantséramos8 variantsSusana8 variantsjunior8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list