caballito de mar
[kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o ð̞e ˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“caballito de mar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Hippocampus) Pez pequeño, de cuerpo recubierto por un armazón de placas óseas, cola prensil, que nada en posición vertical impulsándose con la aleta dorsal y cuya cabeza forma un ángulo recto con ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caballito de mar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o ð̞e ˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caballito de mar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caballito de mar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o ð̞e ˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Hippocampus) Pez pequeño, de cuerpo recubierto por un armazón de placas óseas, cola prensil, que nada en posición vertical impulsándose con la aleta dorsal y cuya cabeza forma un ángulo recto con ...".
caballito de mar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is caballito de mar, spelled C-A-B-A-L-L-I-T-O- -D-E- -M-A-R.
Definition
- 1(Hippocampus) Pez pequeño, de cuerpo recubierto por un armazón de placas óseas, cola prensil, que nada en posición vertical impulsándose con la aleta dorsal y cuya cabeza forma un ángulo recto con respecto a su cuerpo.
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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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Using “caballito de mar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-A-L-L-I-T-O- -D-E- -M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaβ̞aˈʝit̪o ð̞e ˈmaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.