cacofonía
[kakofoˈnia]
The verdict
“cacofonía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,064 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,064
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vicio del lenguaje que consiste en el encuentro o repetición frecuente de unas mismas letras o sílabas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacofonía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kakofoˈnia] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cacofonía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cacofonía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,064 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kakofoˈnia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cacofonía doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cacofonía, spelled C-A-C-O-F-O-N-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Vicio del lenguaje que consiste en el encuentro o repetición frecuente de unas mismas letras o sílabas.
- 2Efecto sonoro desagradable producido por la cercanía de sonidos o sílabas que poseen igual pronunciación. Se emplea a veces como recurso literario (cacografía).
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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Using “cacofonía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-C-O-F-O-N-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kakofoˈnia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.