Cafarnaúm
[kafaɾnaˈũm]
The verdict
“Cafarnaúm” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Antiguo poblado a las orillas del mar de Galilea, en ruinas desde el siglo VI, en el que transcurren varios de los eventos de los evangelios cristianos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cafarnaúm |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kafaɾnaˈũm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cafarnaúm” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cafarnaúm is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kafaɾnaˈũm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antiguo poblado a las orillas del mar de Galilea, en ruinas desde el siglo VI, en el que transcurren varios de los eventos de los evangelios cristianos.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Cafarnaúm in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Cafarnaúm, spelled C-A-F-A-R-N-A-Ú-M.
Definition
- 1Antiguo poblado a las orillas del mar de Galilea, en ruinas desde el siglo VI, en el que transcurren varios de los eventos de los evangelios cristianos.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Cafarnaúm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-F-A-R-N-A-Ú-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kafaɾnaˈũm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.