Which to use
“cuchilla” and “cuclillas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,976
- “cuchilla” frequency rank
- #44,675
- “cuclillas” frequency rank
- 64651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuchilla | cuclillas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Parte plana de una herramienta o de un arma, normalmente de un filo o un extremo afilado y por lo general de metal como el acero, para cortar, apuñalar, rebanar, clavar lanzando a distancia, tajar o dar aire girando como en un ventilador. | Posición del cuerpo, con los pies en el piso, en que las piernas se doblan totalmente como para sentarse, quedando las nalgas junto al suelo o descansando sobre los talones. |
Where the eye mixes cuchilla and cuclillas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cuchilla runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against cuclillas's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cuchilla and cuclillas
A purely visual mix-up. cuchilla ([kuˈt͡ʃiʝa]) and cuclillas ([kuˈkliʝas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuchilla is recorded at frequency rank #19,976, classified as anoun, pronounced [kuˈt͡ʃiʝa]. cuclillas is at rank #44,675, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kuˈkliʝas].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64651, this pair ranks #44,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cuchilla vs cuclillas
Shared letters: acilu. Private to "cuchilla": h. Private to "cuclillas": s.
"cuchilla" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "cuclillas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cuchilla" and "cuclillas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cuchilla" or "cuclillas" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cuchilla" and "cuclillas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cuchilla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuclillas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuchilla" and "cuclillas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colillas vs cuclillas". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #44,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.