cabilla
[kaˈβ̞iʝa]
The verdict
“cabilla” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En ferrocarriles, clavija de madera que, con preferencia a los clavos de hierro, se emplea para sujetar los cojinetes a las traviesas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈβ̞iʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cabilla is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈβ̞iʝa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “cabilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.