cabildo

/[kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,394

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

cabildo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuerpo o comunidad de eclesiásticos capitulares de una iglesia catedral o colegial. Pronounced [kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o]. It ranks #7,394 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with caído and caldo.

Key facts for cabildo
PropertyValue
Headwordcabildo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,394
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cabildo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,394 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabildo, with forms such as "acbildo", "cabbildo", and "cabidlo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "caído", "caldo", "cálido", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 cabildo, spelled C-A-B-I-L-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuerpo o comunidad de eclesiásticos capitulares de una iglesia catedral o colegial.
  2. 2
    En algunos pueblos, cuerpo o comunidad que forman los eclesiásticos que hay con privilegio para ello.
  3. 3
    Corporación compuesta de un alcalde y varios concejales para la administración de los intereses vecinales de una población o de varias comprendidas en un mismo término.
  4. 4
    Junta celebrada por un cabildo.
  5. 5
    Edificio en donde se celebra el cabildo.
  6. 6
    Capítulo que celebran algunas religiones para elegir sus prelados y tratar de su gobierno.
  7. 7
    Junta de hermanos de ciertas cofradías, aunque sean legos.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acbildo,cabbildo,cabidlo,cabilddo,cabilldo,cabilod,cablido,caibldo,cavildo,cbaildo,ccabildo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabildo

Misspelling Variants of "cabildo"

acbildo7cabbildo8cabidlo7cabilddo8cabilldo8cabilod7cablido7caibldo7
Misspelling Variants of "cabildo"

Frequency rank: #7,394 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabildo"?
"cabildo" is spelled C-A-B-I-L-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o].
What does "cabildo" mean?
As a noun, "cabildo" means: Cuerpo o comunidad de eclesiásticos capitulares de una iglesia catedral o colegial.
What words are commonly confused with "cabildo"?
"cabildo" is commonly confused with "caído", "caldo", "cálido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabildo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabildo" is [kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabildo" come from?
"cabildo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.