Cabra
[ˈkaβ̞ɾa]
The verdict
“Cabra” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,249 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #9,249
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de varios pueblos de España: Cabra (Cordoba), Cabra del Camp (Tarragona), Cabra de Mora (Aragón), Cabra del Santo Cristo (Jaén). En el caso de los nombre de palabras múltiples, para abreviar...
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 | Cabra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaβ̞ɾa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cabra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Cabra is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaβ̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,249 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cabra, with forms such as "acbra", "cabar", and "cabbra". 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, "car", "CRA", "cada", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Cabra, spelled C-A-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre de varios pueblos de España: Cabra (Cordoba), Cabra del Camp (Tarragona), Cabra de Mora (Aragón), Cabra del Santo Cristo (Jaén). En el caso de los nombre de palabras múltiples, para abreviar, suelen llamarse simplemente "Cabra", ya que en el contexto en que se usan suelen estar exentos de ambigüedades.
- 2Estrella doble de la constelación del Auriga. Tiene unas cuatro veces la masa del Sol.
- 3Apellido de origen andaluz.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acbra,cabar,cabbra,cabrra,carba,cavra,cbara,ccabra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cabra - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Cabra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaβ̞ɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “car” - see the side-by-side comparison. Cabra vs car
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.