cuscuta
[kusˈkut̪a]
The verdict
“cuscuta” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Cuscuta spp.) Cualquiera de unas 150 especies de plantas anuales de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de largos tallos trepadores casi completamente desprovistos de hojas; parasitan otras plantas ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuscuta · cuscuta · Spanish
cuscuta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuscuta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kusˈkut̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuscuta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuscuta is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kusˈkut̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Cuscuta spp.) Cualquiera de unas 150 especies de plantas anuales de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de largos tallos trepadores casi completamente desprovistos de hojas; parasitan otras plantas ...".
Zero misspellings are on record for cuscuta in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cuscuta, spelled C-U-S-C-U-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Cuscuta spp.) Cualquiera de unas 150 especies de plantas anuales de la familia de las convolvuláceas, de largos tallos trepadores casi completamente desprovistos de hojas; parasitan otras plantas enroscándose sobre ellas e introduciéndo haustorios en su sistema vascular. Crecen en regiones tropicales y subtropicales de todo el mundo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cuscuta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La cuscuta es el parásito vascular más importante en nuestro país, donde principalmente se encuentra atacando los alfalfares.
Synonyms
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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.