cabilla
[kaˈβ̞iʝa]
The verdict
“cabilla” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En ferrocarriles, clavija de madera que, con preferencia a los clavos de hierro, se emplea para sujetar los cojinetes a las traviesas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cabilla · cabilla · Spanish
cabilla · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈβ̞iʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cabilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cabilla is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈβ̞iʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cabilla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cabilla, spelled C-A-B-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1En ferrocarriles, clavija de madera que, con preferencia a los clavos de hierro, se emplea para sujetar los cojinetes a las traviesas.
- 2Barra redonda o cuadrada de hierro, o estaca de madera, con la que se clavan las curvas y otros maderos que entran en la construcción de los buques.
- 3Cada una de las barras redondas y comúnmente torneadas, de madera o metálicas que, colocadas en un cabillero sirven para tomar vuelta y amarrar los cabos de maniobra.
- 4Estaquilla torneada, llamada también manigueta, que en prolongación de cada radio de la rueda del timón, sale al exterior de la cercha sirviendo para apoyar la mano al timonel y hacer funcionar el gobernalle.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.