cable
[ˈkaβ̞le]
The verdict
“cable” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,034
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Cabo grueso, maroma.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cable · cable · Spanish
cable · rank #3,034 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,034
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH bola
Nearest frequency peer: bola (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- armada
armada
96,970 corpus weight
- bajas
bajas
96,969 corpus weight
- bola
bola
96,968 corpus weight
- cable
cable
96,967 corpus weight
- cantar
cantar
96,966 corpus weight
- comprender
comprender
96,965 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cable” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cable |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaβ̞le] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cable” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cable (IPA [ˈkaβ̞le]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,034 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cable, with forms such as "acble", "cabble", and "cabel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cae", "cal", "cabo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cable, spelled C-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Cabo grueso, maroma.
- 2Trenzado de alambres destinado a soportar fuertes tensiones (ascensor, teleférico, grúa, etcétera).
- 3Conjunto de hilos metálicos conductores recubiertos con material aislante para diversos usos: electricidad, telecomunicaciones,etc. Más concreta y técnicamente, conjunto de conductores metálicos en forma longitudinal, unidos (trenzados y/o arrollados en espiral) y aislados entre sí mediante un dieléctrico y con cubierta protectora. Algunos pueden contener conductores en otras formas como medio de protección ante perturbaciones eléctromagnéticas externas y/o internas.
- 4Ayuda para sacar a alguien de una mala situación, de un apuro.
- 5Medida de longitud equivalente a 185 metros.
- 6Cabo grueso atado a la parte superior del ancla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El paisaje que se divisaba desde aquellos arbustos era despepejado y liso; los campos ondulaban en torno al lecho arenoso de la rambla y una hilera de álamos desnudos parodiaba, a lo lejos, el tendido de un cable eléctrico.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acble
- cabble
- cabel
- cablle
- calbe
- cavle
- cbale
- ccable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cable - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.