cabezada

/[kaβ̞eˈsað̞a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#94,960

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cabezada is aSpanishnoun. It means: Golpe que se da con la cabeza. Pronounced [kaβ̞eˈsað̞a].

Key facts for cabezada
PropertyValue
Headwordcabezada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaβ̞eˈsað̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cabezada is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 frequent misspelling variants are recorded for cabezada in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 cabezada, spelled C-A-B-E-Z-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Golpe que se da con la cabeza.
  2. 2
    Acto de inclinar la cabeza hacia el pecho involuntariamente cuando uno dormita sentado.
  3. 3
    Inclinación de cabeza, como saludo de cortesía.
  4. 4
    Movimiento que hace una nave por impulso de las olas, bajando y subiendo la popa y la proa, alternativamente.
  5. 5
    Correaje que ciñe la cabeza del caballo y que fija la embocadura y las riendas.
  6. 6
    Guarnición de cuero o de seda que se pone al caballo en la cabeza para asegurar la embocadura.
  7. 7
    Parte más elevada (en la cabeza) de un terreno.
  8. 8
    En las botas, cuero que cubre el pie.
  9. 9
    Cordel con que se cosen las cabezas o cabeceras de los libros.
  10. 10
    Siesta corta.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #94,960 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabezada"?
"cabezada" is spelled C-A-B-E-Z-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaβ̞eˈsað̞a].
What does "cabezada" mean?
As a noun, "cabezada" means: Golpe que se da con la cabeza.
How do you pronounce "cabezada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabezada" is [kaβ̞eˈsað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabezada" come from?
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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.