cutícula

/[kuˈt̪ikula]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#62,964

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cutícula is aSpanishnoun. It means: Película superficial de los tallos jóvenes y de las hojas. Pronounced [kuˈt̪ikula].

Key facts for cutícula
PropertyValue
Headwordcutícula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kuˈt̪ikula]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cutícula is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kuˈt̪ikula]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,964 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for cutícula in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 cutícula, spelled C-U-T-Í-C-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Película superficial de los tallos jóvenes y de las hojas.
  2. 2
    Epidermis.
  3. 3
    Membrana formada por ciertas sustancias que segrega el protoplasma, las cuales, acumulándose en la periferia de la célula, constituyen una cubierta protectora de esta; como en muchos protozoos.
  4. 4
    Capa externa de las tres que forman la concha de los moluscos y que da a aquella su coloración característica en las diversas especies.
  5. 5
    En un huevo, capa proteica de queratina que cierra los poros pero permitiendo el intercambio gaseoso.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #62,964 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cutícula"?
"cutícula" is spelled C-U-T-Í-C-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kuˈt̪ikula].
What does "cutícula" mean?
As a noun, "cutícula" means: Película superficial de los tallos jóvenes y de las hojas.
How do you pronounce "cutícula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cutícula" is [kuˈt̪ikula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cutícula" come from?
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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.