cabezal

Name: cabezal, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kaβ̞eˈsal]

/[kaβ̞eˈsal]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cabezal” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #45,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,789
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pieza vertical a la cabeza de la cama.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cabezal · cabezal · Spanish

cabezal · rank #45,789 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,789
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH caballerías

Nearest frequency peer: caballerías (-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.

cabales

54,214
caballerías

54,213
cabezal

54,212
caco

54,211
cagaba

54,210
cagados

54,209

What this shows “cabezal” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cabezal vs cabezas

86% similar

cabezal vs cabezón

71% similar

cabezal vs cabezazo

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cabezal
Property	Value
Headword	cabezal
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kaβ̞eˈsal]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#45,789
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cabezal”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cabezalcae aquí:

#45,789

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “caballerías” (#45,788), “caco” (#45,790), “cabales” (#45,787). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cabezal” va en #45,789. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cabezal (IPA [kaβ̞eˈsal]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,789 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabezal, with forms such as "acbezal", "cabbezal", and "cabeazl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cabezas", "cabezón", "cabezazo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cabezal, spelled C-A-B-E-Z-A-L.

Definition

1
Pieza vertical a la cabeza de la cama.
2
Parte fija de un mecanismo de rotación.
3
Parte superior del asiento de los automóviles donde se apoya la cabeza y sirve como protección de las cervicales en caso de choque desde atrás.^([cita requerida])
4
Armazón de tiras, generalmente de cuero, que se colocan en la cabeza del caballo para poder controlarlo.

Synonyms

cabecera cabecero reposacabezas cabezada

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acbezal
cabbezal
cabeazl
cabezall
cabezla
cabezzal
cabzeal
caebzal
cavezal
cbaezal
ccabezal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabezal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "cabezal"

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 "cabezal"?

"cabezal" is spelled C-A-B-E-Z-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kaβ̞eˈsal].

What does "cabezal" mean?

As a noun, "cabezal" means: Pieza vertical a la cabeza de la cama.

What words are commonly confused with "cabezal"?

"cabezal" is commonly confused with "cabezas", "cabezón", "cabezazo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cabezal"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabezal" is [kaβ̞eˈsal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cabezal" come from?

"cabezal" 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 "cabezal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cabales#45,787 cagados#45,792 caniche#45,801 azulejo#45,764

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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