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 September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cafarnaum · Cafarnaúm · Spanish
Cafarnaúm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “Cafarnaúm” en español
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cafarnaúm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Decir que la navecilla en que Cristo subió cuando desembarcó en su ciudad de Cafarnaúm, que es la penitencia, o la Iglesia, o la cruz de Cristo.
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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.