Cartagena
/kɑɹtəˈheɪnə/
"cartagena" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cartagena” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,368
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Murcia, Spain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cartagena · Cartagena · English
Cartagena · rank #37,368 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,368
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH carcinogenic
Nearest frequency peer: carcinogenic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Cartagena”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- candlestick
candlestick
62,636 corpus weight
- capricious
capricious
62,635 corpus weight
- carcinogenic
carcinogenic
62,634 corpus weight
- Cartagena
Cartagena
62,633 corpus weight
- cataracts
cataracts
62,632 corpus weight
- cation
cation
62,631 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Cartagena” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cartagena |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kɑɹtəˈheɪnə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cartagena” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Cartagena (IPA /kɑɹtəˈheɪnə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,368 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cartagena, with forms such as "acrtagena", "caratgena", and "carrtagena". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Cartagena, ultimately from Latin Carthāgō Nova (“New Carthage”), of Punic origin, cognate to Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, “Carthage”, literally “New City”). The correct English form is Cartagena, spelled C-A-R-T-A-G-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1A city in Murcia, Spain.
- 2A city in northern Colombia.
Etymology
From Spanish Cartagena, ultimately from Latin Carthāgō Nova (“New Carthage”), of Punic origin, cognate to Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, “Carthage”, literally “New City”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrtagena
- caratgena
- carrtagena
- cartaegna
- cartagean
- cartagenna
- cartaggena
- cartagnea
- cartgaena
- carttagena
- catragena
- ccartagena
- cratagena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cartagena - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cartagena", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.