cabecero

[kaβ̞eˈseɾo]

/[kaβ̞eˈseɾo]/ noun

The verdict

“cabecero” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,959 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,959
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Componente horizontal, plano o arqueado en forma de vigas fijadas sobre los agujeros en la pared.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cabecero · cabecero · Spanish

cabecero · rank #94,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,959
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabalgan

Nearest frequency peer: cabalgan (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cabecero”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cabecero” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cabecero
PropertyValue
Headwordcabecero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaβ̞eˈseɾo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,959
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cabecero” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cabecerocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cabalgan” (#94,958), “cabezada” (#94,960), “buscavidas” (#94,956). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cabecero” va en #94,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cabecero is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,959 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaβ̞eˈseɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Componente horizontal, plano o arqueado en forma de vigas fijadas sobre los agujeros en la pared.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cabecero, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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. The correct Spanish form is cabecero, spelled C-A-B-E-C-E-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Componente horizontal, plano o arqueado en forma de vigas fijadas sobre los agujeros en la pared.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabecero"?
"cabecero" is spelled C-A-B-E-C-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kaβ̞eˈseɾo].
What does "cabecero" mean?
As a noun, "cabecero" means: Componente horizontal, plano o arqueado en forma de vigas fijadas sobre los agujeros en la pared.
How do you pronounce "cabecero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabecero" is [kaβ̞eˈseɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabecero" come from?
"cabecero" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabecero", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list