cuando
\ˈkwan.do\
The verdict
“cuando” is uncommon French (frequency #87,506 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,506
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cuando · cuando · French
cuando · rank #87,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,506
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH créditeur
Nearest frequency peer: créditeur (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cuando »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- crook
crook
12,498 corpus weight
- créditeur
créditeur
12,496 corpus weight
- cuando
cuando
12,495 corpus weight
- cule
cule
12,494 corpus weight
- cumulait
cumulait
12,493 corpus weight
- Cunégonde
Cunégonde
12,492 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cuando » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuando |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \ˈkwan.do\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cuando » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cuando is uncommon French at frequency #87,506 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \ˈkwan.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cuando has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cuando, spelled C-U-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Quand.
- 2Si.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuando appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cuando gané — Quand j’ai gagné.
A tu lado vivirán y se hablarán Como cuando estás conmigo
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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