cabecear
[kaβ̞eseˈaɾ]
The verdict
“cabecear” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #70,858 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #70,858
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mover la cabeza, inclinándola con frecuencia adelante, atrás o a los lados.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabecear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaβ̞eseˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabecear” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cabecear is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaβ̞eseˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,858 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cabecear, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 cabecear, spelled C-A-B-E-C-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mover la cabeza, inclinándola con frecuencia adelante, atrás o a los lados.
- 2Mover la cabeza a los lados significando que no se asiente a lo que se pide o se oye.
- 3Dar cabezadas, inclinando la cabeza hacia el pecho cuando se duerme una persona que está sentada.
- 4Mover los caballos la cabeza con frecuencia de arriba abajo.
- 5Moverse el buque, alzando y bajando alternativamente la popa y la proa.
- 6Moverse demasiado hacia delante y hacia atrás la caja de un carruaje.
- 7Inclinarse a una parte más que a otra una cosa que balancea y que debe estar en equilibrio.
- 8Dar a la pelota con la cabeza.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cabecear”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-E-C-E-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaβ̞eseˈaɾ] (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.