gusano cortador

[guˈsano koɾt̪aˈð̞oɾ]

/[guˈsano koɾt̪aˈð̞oɾ]/ phrase

The verdict

“gusano cortador” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — (Lepidoptera) Ciertas especies de larvas, consideradas pestes, que devoran hojas y ramas, llegando a destruir las plantas.

Key facts for gusano cortador
PropertyValue
Headwordgusano cortador
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[guˈsano koɾt̪aˈð̞oɾ]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “gusano cortador” sits in Spanish frequency

gusano cortador falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gusano cortador is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [guˈsano koɾt̪aˈð̞oɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Lepidoptera) Ciertas especies de larvas, consideradas pestes, que devoran hojas y ramas, llegando a destruir las plantas.".

No misspelling variants are generated for gusano cortador in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 gusano cortador, spelled G-U-S-A-N-O- -C-O-R-T-A-D-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Lepidoptera) Ciertas especies de larvas, consideradas pestes, que devoran hojas y ramas, llegando a destruir las plantas.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gusano cortador"?
"gusano cortador" is spelled G-U-S-A-N-O- -C-O-R-T-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [guˈsano koɾt̪aˈð̞oɾ].
What does "gusano cortador" mean?
As a phrase, "gusano cortador" means: (Lepidoptera) Ciertas especies de larvas, consideradas pestes, que devoran hojas y ramas, llegando a destruir las plantas.
How do you pronounce "gusano cortador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gusano cortador" is [guˈsano koɾt̪aˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “gusano cortador”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is G-U-S-A-N-O- -C-O-R-T-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [guˈsano koɾt̪aˈð̞oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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