cadencia

/[kaˈð̞ẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,244

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

cadencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Propiedad de ciertos fenómenos que hace que sean periódicos o repetitivos. Pronounced [kaˈð̞ẽnsja]. Often confused with ciencia and carecía.

Key facts for cadencia
PropertyValue
Headwordcadencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈð̞ẽnsja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,244
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cadencia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈð̞ẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,244 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for cadencia, with forms such as "acdencia", "caddencia", and "cadecnia". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ciencia", "carecía", "creencia", 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 cadencia, spelled C-A-D-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propiedad de ciertos fenómenos que hace que sean periódicos o repetitivos.
  2. 2
    Magnitud que mide el ritmo o la frecuencia con la que se repite un fenómeno.
  3. 3
    Buena proporción, equilibrio o balance en la fonética y el ritmo de una prosa o un verso.
  4. 4
    Modulación de la voz.
  5. 5
    Sonido que guía los movimientos del bailarín.
  6. 6
    Grado de adecuación de los pasos del bailarín de acuerdo a la música.
  7. 7
    Tonema descendente.
  8. 8
    Final de una frase musical.
  9. 9
    Ritmo que guía a la canción.
  10. 10
    Descargo y relajación de un acorde disonante en un acorde consonante.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acdencia,caddencia,cadecnia,cadencai,cadenccia,cadenica,cadenncia,cadensia,cadnecia,caedncia,ccadencia,cdaencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cadencia

Misspelling Variants of "cadencia"

acdencia8caddencia9cadecnia8cadencai8cadenccia9cadenica8cadenncia9cadensia8
Misspelling Variants of "cadencia"

Frequency rank: #31,244 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cadencia"?
"cadencia" is spelled C-A-D-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈð̞ẽnsja].
What does "cadencia" mean?
As a noun, "cadencia" means: Propiedad de ciertos fenómenos que hace que sean periódicos o repetitivos.
What words are commonly confused with "cadencia"?
"cadencia" is commonly confused with "ciencia", "carecía", "creencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cadencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadencia" is [kaˈð̞ẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cadencia" come from?
"cadencia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.