caballo de Troya
[kaˈβ̞aʝo ð̞e ˈt̪ɾoʝa]
The verdict
“caballo de Troya” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estrategia, ardid o artimaña para infiltrarse en algo sin que se note.
| 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) |
Where “caballo de Troya” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for caballo de Troya is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈβ̞aʝo ð̞e ˈt̪ɾoʝa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “caballo de Troya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-A-L-L-O- -D-E- -T-R-O-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈβ̞aʝo ð̞e ˈt̪ɾoʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.