caducidad
[kað̞usiˈð̞að̞]
The verdict
“caducidad” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,295 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,295
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de caducar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caducidad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kað̞usiˈð̞að̞] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caducidad” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for caducidad is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kað̞usiˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,295 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for caducidad, with forms such as "acducidad", "cadcuidad", and "cadducidad". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "capacidad", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is caducidad, spelled C-A-D-U-C-I-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de caducar.
- 2Calidad de aquello que es o se considera caduco.
- 3Fecha límite establecida para el consumo o uso seguro de un producto antes de que este se eche a perder.
- 4Figura mediante la cual, ante la existencia de una situación donde el sujeto tiene potestad de ejercer un acto que tendrá efectos jurídicos, no lo hace dentro de un lapso perentorio y pierde el derecho a entablar la acción correspondiente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acducidad,cadcuidad,cadducidad,caduccidad,caducdiad,caduciadd,caducidadd,caducidda,caduciddad,caduicdad,cadusidad,caudcidad,ccaducidad,cdaucidad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caducidad - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “caducidad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-D-U-C-I-D-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kað̞usiˈð̞að̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “capacidad” - see the side-by-side comparison. caducidad vs capacidad
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.