cuya

[ˈkuʝa]

/[ˈkuʝa]/ noun

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The verdict

“cuya” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,475
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cuya · cuya · Spanish

cuya · rank #1,475 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,475
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH culo

Nearest frequency peer: culo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cuya”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cuya” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cuya vs cuyo
75% similar
cuya vs cuyos
60% similar
cuya vs ca
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cuya
PropertyValue
Headwordcuya
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkuʝa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,475
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cuya”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cuyacae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “culo” (#1,474), “das” (#1,476), “correo” (#1,473). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cuya” va en #1,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cuya (IPA [ˈkuʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,475 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuya, with forms such as "ccuya", "cuay", and "cuyya". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuyo", "cuyos", "ca", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cuya, spelled C-U-Y-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América.

Synonyms

güira cimarrona de Cubagüira de las Antillascalabacito de chichamorrobuleguajehuacal de morrohuacaltocomatetecomatecutucopilchewingopatejícarototumataparatotumochocatutumahigüero

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuya
  • cuay
  • cuyya
  • cyua
  • ucya

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuya - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccuya1cuay2cuyya1cyua2ucya2
Edit distance from "cuya"

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 "cuya"?
"cuya" is spelled C-U-Y-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkuʝa].
What does "cuya" mean?
As a noun, "cuya" means: (Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América.
What words are commonly confused with "cuya"?
"cuya" is commonly confused with "cuyo", "cuyos", "ca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuya"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuya" is [ˈkuʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuya" come from?
"cuya" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

culo#1,474cita#1,470anda#1,466pies#1,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

villa5 variantscalor5 variantspide5 variantsrica5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list