cutting

/ˈkʌt.ɪŋ/

//ˈkʌt.ɪŋ// verb

The verdict

“cutting” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,528 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,528
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participio presente y gerundio del verbo (to) cut.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cutting · cutting · Spanish

cutting · rank #73,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,528
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cutáneos

Nearest frequency peer: cutáneos (+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 “cutting”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cutting” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cutting
PropertyValue
Headwordcutting
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈkʌt.ɪŋ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cutting” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cuttingcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cutáneos” (#73,529), “curly” (#73,526), “dativo” (#73,532). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cutting” va en #73,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cutting is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,528 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈkʌt.ɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio presente y gerundio del verbo (to) cut.".

No misspelling variants are generated for cutting in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 cutting, spelled C-U-T-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio presente y gerundio del verbo (to) cut.

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 "cutting"?
"cutting" is spelled C-U-T-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkʌt.ɪŋ/.
What does "cutting" mean?
As a verb, "cutting" means: Participio presente y gerundio del verbo (to) cut.
How do you pronounce "cutting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cutting" is /ˈkʌt.ɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cutting" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list