cuscús
[kusˈkus]
The verdict
“cuscús” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,284 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,284
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comida típica árabe, consistente en sémola de harina en forma de granos, cocinada al vapor y servida con verdura o carne y salsas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuscus · cuscús · Spanish
cuscús · rank #69,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,284
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH curtidos
Nearest frequency peer: curtidos (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cuscús”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cultivaron
cultivaron
30,720 corpus weight
- curra
curra
30,719 corpus weight
- curtidos
curtidos
30,718 corpus weight
- cuscús
cuscús
30,717 corpus weight
- damisela
damisela
30,715 corpus weight
- damnificadas
damnificadas
30,714 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cuscús” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuscús |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kusˈkus] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuscús” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuscús is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,284 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kusˈkus]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Comida típica árabe, consistente en sémola de harina en forma de granos, cocinada al vapor y servida con verdura o carne y salsas.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cuscús, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cuscús, spelled C-U-S-C-Ú-S.
Definition
- 1Comida típica árabe, consistente en sémola de harina en forma de granos, cocinada al vapor y servida con verdura o carne y salsas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cuscús appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Los he visto en un restaurante árabe donde sirven cuscús y dulces marroquíes.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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