cada

/[ˈkað̞a]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#89

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cada is anSpanishadj. It means: Designa una cosa o persona entre varias o entre una serie de ellas. Pronounced [ˈkað̞a]. It ranks #89 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with CD and Cae.

Key facts for cada
PropertyValue
Headwordcada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈkað̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#89
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cada in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cada is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #89 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cada, with forms such as "acda", "caad", and "cadda". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CD", "Cae", "can", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cada, spelled C-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Designa una cosa o persona entre varias o entre una serie de ellas.
  2. 2
    Designa a todo elemento individualmente en una serie o un conjunto.
  3. 3
    Designa una correspondencia entre los elementos numerables de una serie con elementos de otra serie.
  4. 4
    Designa un tiempo regular en que se hace u ocurre algo.
  5. 5
    Se usa para ponderar negativa y enfáticamente una cosa.
  6. 6
    Se usa para ponderar con admiración o extrañeza algo que se considera exagerado.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acda,caad,cadda,ccada,cdaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cada

Misspelling Variants of "cada"

acda4caad4cadda5ccada5cdaa4
Misspelling Variants of "cada"

Frequency rank: #89 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cada"?
"cada" is spelled C-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkað̞a].
What does "cada" mean?
As an adj, "cada" means: Designa una cosa o persona entre varias o entre una serie de ellas.
What words are commonly confused with "cada"?
"cada" is commonly confused with "CD", "Cae", "can". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cada" is [ˈkað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cada" come from?
"cada" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.