curvas

/[ˈkuɾβ̞as]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,612

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

curvas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto visual de las formas del cuerpo humano, en particular si son armoniosas o atractivas. Pronounced [ˈkuɾβ̞as]. It ranks #9,612 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with curvo and cura.

Key facts for curvas
PropertyValue
Headwordcurvas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkuɾβ̞as]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,612
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of curvas in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for curvas is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkuɾβ̞as]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,612 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Conjunto visual de las formas del cuerpo humano, en particular si son armoniosas o atractivas.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for curvas, with forms such as "ccurvas", "cruvas", and "curavs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "curvo", "cura", "caras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is curvas, spelled C-U-R-V-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto visual de las formas del cuerpo humano, en particular si son armoniosas o atractivas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccurvas,cruvas,curavs,curbas,currvas,curvass,curvsa,curvvas,cuvras,ucrvas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for curvas

Misspelling Variants of "curvas"

ccurvas7cruvas6curavs6curbas6currvas7curvass7curvsa6curvvas7
Misspelling Variants of "curvas"

Frequency rank: #9,612 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "curvas"?
"curvas" is spelled C-U-R-V-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkuɾβ̞as].
What does "curvas" mean?
As a noun, "curvas" means: Conjunto visual de las formas del cuerpo humano, en particular si son armoniosas o atractivas.
What words are commonly confused with "curvas"?
"curvas" is commonly confused with "curvo", "cura", "caras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "curvas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "curvas" is [ˈkuɾβ̞as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "curvas" come from?
"curvas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.