caballería

/[kaβ̞aʝeˈɾia]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,958

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

caballería is aSpanishnoun. It means: Animal sobre el que se puede montar. Pronounced [kaβ̞aʝeˈɾia]. It ranks #7,958 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with caballero and cabellera.

Key facts for caballería
PropertyValue
Headwordcaballería
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaβ̞aʝeˈɾia]
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,958
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of caballería in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caballería is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaβ̞aʝeˈɾia]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,958 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for caballería, with forms such as "acballería", "caabllería", and "cabalelría". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "caballero", "cabellera", "caballeros", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 caballería, spelled C-A-B-A-L-L-E-R-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal sobre el que se puede montar.
  2. 2
    Unidad militar que combate montada, antiguamente a caballo; actualmente en carros acorazados y otras diversas unidades mecanizadas.
  3. 3
    El cuerpo militar formado por todas las unidades de caballería₂.
  4. 4
    Cada una de las antiguas órdenes militares que existían en Europa. Actualmente siguen existiendo, aunque no con ese propósito militar.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acballería,caabllería,cabalelría,cabalería,caballeraí,caballerría,caballeíra,caballreía,cabballería,cablalería,cavallería,cbaallería,ccaballería

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caballería

Misspelling Variants of "caballería"

acballería10caabllería10cabalelría10cabalería9caballeraí10caballerría11caballeíra10caballreía10
Misspelling Variants of "caballería"

Frequency rank: #7,958 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caballería"?
"caballería" is spelled C-A-B-A-L-L-E-R-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaβ̞aʝeˈɾia].
What does "caballería" mean?
As a noun, "caballería" means: Animal sobre el que se puede montar.
What words are commonly confused with "caballería"?
"caballería" is commonly confused with "caballero", "cabellera", "caballeros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caballería"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caballería" is [kaβ̞aʝeˈɾia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caballería" come from?
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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.