caballo de Troya
[kaˈβ̞aʝo ð̞e ˈt̪ɾoʝa]
The verdict
“caballo de Troya” 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 September 3, 2026) - Estrategia, ardid o artimaña para infiltrarse en algo sin que se note.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caballo-de-troya · caballo de Troya · Spanish
caballo de Troya · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caballo de Troya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [kaˈβ̞aʝo ð̞e ˈt̪ɾoʝa] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caballo de Troya” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caballo de Troya is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [kaˈβ̞aʝo ð̞e ˈt̪ɾoʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Estrategia, ardid o artimaña para infiltrarse en algo sin que se note.".
caballo de Troya doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is caballo de Troya, spelled C-A-B-A-L-L-O- -D-E- -T-R-O-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Estrategia, ardid o artimaña para infiltrarse en algo sin que se note.
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.