cacao

Name: cacao, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kaˈkao]

/[kaˈkao]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cacao” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,989
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Theobroma cacao) Árbol de la familia de las malváceas, nativo de Sudamérica, de pequeño porte, hojas anchas y suculentas, y flores de color rosa que fructifican en bayas de gran tamaño con numeros...

Corpus desk

Index ES-cacao · cacao · Spanish

cacao · rank #10,989 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,989
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH cagando

Nearest frequency peer: cagando (+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.

biológico

89,015
Blas

89,014
cacao

89,012
cagando

89,011
caldo

89,010
calzado

89,009

What this shows “cacao” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cacao vs cada

60% similar

cacao vs casa

60% similar

cacao vs caso

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cacao
Property	Value
Headword	cacao
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kaˈkao]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#10,989
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cacao”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cacaocae aquí:

#10,989

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cagando” (#10,990), “Blas” (#10,987), “caldo” (#10,991). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cacao” va en #10,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around cacao (IPA [kaˈkao]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,989 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cacao, with forms such as "accao", "caaco", and "caccao". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cada", "casa", "caso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cacao, spelled C-A-C-A-O.

Definition

1
(Theobroma cacao) Árbol de la familia de las malváceas, nativo de Sudamérica, de pequeño porte, hojas anchas y suculentas, y flores de color rosa que fructifican en bayas de gran tamaño con numerosas semillas, que reciben numerosos usos en gastronomía
2
Estas mismas semillas, fermentadas y secadas, empleadas como base para la elaboración de chocolate
3
Polvo soluble que se obtiene de la molienda de estas semillas
4
Bebida, habitualmente dulce, que se elabora con este polvo y leche o agua
5
Situación confusa y desordenada

Synonyms

cacaoterofollón jaleo lío quilombo

This word in other languages

cacao(English)cacaoyer(Français)Kakaobaum(Deutsch)cacau(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

accao
caaco
caccao
cacoa
ccaao
ccacao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cacao - 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.

Edit distance from "cacao"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cacao"?

"cacao" is spelled C-A-C-A-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈkao].

What does "cacao" mean?

As a noun, "cacao" means: (Theobroma cacao) Árbol de la familia de las malváceas, nativo de Sudamérica, de pequeño porte, hojas anchas y suculentas, y flores de color rosa que fructifican en bayas de gran tamaño con numeros...

What words are commonly confused with "cacao"?

"cacao" is commonly confused with "cada", "casa", "caso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cacao"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cacao" is [kaˈkao]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cacao" come from?

"cacao" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cacao", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caldo#10,991 casta#10,994 aguda#10,962 Túnez#10,945

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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