cafetera

/[kafeˈt̪eɾa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,589

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

cafetera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Utensilio usado para hacer o servir café. Puede ser de fuego directo o eléctrico. Pronounced [kafeˈt̪eɾa]. Often confused with cartera and cantera.

Key facts for cafetera
PropertyValue
Headwordcafetera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kafeˈt̪eɾa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,589
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cafetera is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kafeˈt̪eɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,589 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cafetera, with forms such as "acfetera", "caeftera", and "cafeetra". 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, "cartera", "cantera", "catéter", 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 cafetera, spelled C-A-F-E-T-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utensilio usado para hacer o servir café. Puede ser de fuego directo o eléctrico.
  2. 2
    Algún objeto viejo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acfetera,caeftera,cafeetra,cafetear,cafeterra,cafetrea,cafettera,caffetera,cafteera,ccafetera,cfaetera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cafetera

Misspelling Variants of "cafetera"

acfetera8caeftera8cafeetra8cafetear8cafeterra9cafetrea8cafettera9caffetera9
Misspelling Variants of "cafetera"

Frequency rank: #21,589 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cafetera"?
"cafetera" is spelled C-A-F-E-T-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kafeˈt̪eɾa].
What does "cafetera" mean?
As a noun, "cafetera" means: Utensilio usado para hacer o servir café. Puede ser de fuego directo o eléctrico.
What words are commonly confused with "cafetera"?
"cafetera" is commonly confused with "cartera", "cantera", "catéter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cafetera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cafetera" is [kafeˈt̪eɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cafetera" come from?
"cafetera" 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.