cabaña

/[kaˈβ̞aɲa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,179

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cabaña is aSpanishnoun. It means: Casilla tosca, hecha en el campo, generalmente de palos entretejidos con cañas y cubierta de ramas, de paja o de hierbas, para refugio o habitación de pastores, pescadores y gente humilde. Pronounced [kaˈβ̞aɲa]. Often confused with caña and Cabra.

Key facts for cabaña
PropertyValue
Headwordcabaña
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈβ̞aɲa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,179
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cabaña is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈβ̞aɲa]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,179 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabaña, with forms such as "acbaña", "caabña", and "cabaañ". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caña", "Cabra", "cagan", 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 cabaña, spelled C-A-B-A-Ñ-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Casilla tosca, hecha en el campo, generalmente de palos entretejidos con cañas y cubierta de ramas, de paja o de hierbas, para refugio o habitación de pastores, pescadores y gente humilde.
  2. 2
    Número considerable de cabezas de ganado.
  3. 3
    Recua de caballerías que se emplea en portear granos.
  4. 4
    En el juego de billar, espacio dividido por una raya a la cabecera de la mesa, desde el cual juega quien tiene bola en mano.
  5. 5
    Cuadro en que hay pintadas cabañas₁ de pastores con aves y animales domésticos.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acbaña,caabña,cabaañ,cabbaña,cabñaa,cavaña,cbaaña,ccabaña

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabaña

Misspelling Variants of "cabaña"

acbaña6caabña6cabaañ6cabbaña7cabñaa6cavaña6cbaaña6ccabaña7
Misspelling Variants of "cabaña"

Frequency rank: #11,179 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabaña"?
"cabaña" is spelled C-A-B-A-Ñ-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈβ̞aɲa].
What does "cabaña" mean?
As a noun, "cabaña" means: Casilla tosca, hecha en el campo, generalmente de palos entretejidos con cañas y cubierta de ramas, de paja o de hierbas, para refugio o habitación de pastores, pescadores y gente humilde.
What words are commonly confused with "cabaña"?
"cabaña" is commonly confused with "caña", "Cabra", "cagan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabaña"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabaña" is [kaˈβ̞aɲa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabaña" come from?
"cabaña" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.