cabezada
[kaβ̞eˈsað̞a]
The verdict
“cabezada” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #94,960 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,960
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Golpe que se da con la cabeza.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabezada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaβ̞eˈsað̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabezada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cabezada is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaβ̞eˈsað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,960 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cabezada in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 cabezada, spelled C-A-B-E-Z-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Golpe que se da con la cabeza.
- 2Acto de inclinar la cabeza hacia el pecho involuntariamente cuando uno dormita sentado.
- 3Inclinación de cabeza, como saludo de cortesía.
- 4Movimiento que hace una nave por impulso de las olas, bajando y subiendo la popa y la proa, alternativamente.
- 5Correaje que ciñe la cabeza del caballo y que fija la embocadura y las riendas.
- 6Guarnición de cuero o de seda que se pone al caballo en la cabeza para asegurar la embocadura.
- 7Parte más elevada (en la cabeza) de un terreno.
- 8En las botas, cuero que cubre el pie.
- 9Cordel con que se cosen las cabezas o cabeceras de los libros.
- 10Siesta corta.
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 “cabezada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-E-Z-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaβ̞eˈsað̞a] (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.