cacatúa
[kakaˈt̪ua]
The verdict
“cacatúa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,570 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,570
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Cacatuidae) Ave trepadora de Oceanía de la familia de los loros de 80 a 90 cm, de plumaje colorido, generalmente blanco, y un penacho de plumas en la cabeza que levanta cuando está feliz o enojada...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cacatua · cacatúa · Spanish
cacatúa · rank #85,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,570
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH buscarás
Nearest frequency peer: buscarás (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cacatúa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bout
bout
14,438 corpus weight
- buscarás
buscarás
14,432 corpus weight
- cacatúa
cacatúa
14,431 corpus weight
- cagona
cagona
14,429 corpus weight
- calcedonia
calcedonia
14,428 corpus weight
- cambiarás
cambiarás
14,424 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cacatúa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacatúa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kakaˈt̪ua] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cacatúa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cacatúa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,570 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kakaˈt̪ua]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cacatúa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cacatúa, spelled C-A-C-A-T-Ú-A.
Definition
- 1(Cacatuidae) Ave trepadora de Oceanía de la familia de los loros de 80 a 90 cm, de plumaje colorido, generalmente blanco, y un penacho de plumas en la cabeza que levanta cuando está feliz o enojada, puede aprender a imitar palabras.
- 2Dicho de una persona (especialmente una mujer), que es muy dramática, escandalosa o parlanchina.
This word in other languages
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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