caída

/[kaˈið̞a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,104

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

caída is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de caer. Pronounced [kaˈið̞a]. It ranks #2,104 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cid and cía.

Key facts for caída
PropertyValue
Headwordcaída
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈið̞a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,104
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caída is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈið̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,104 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for caída, with forms such as "acída", "cadía", and "caíad". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cid", "cía", "casa", 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 caída, spelled C-A-Í-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de caer.
  2. 2
    Declinación o declive.
  3. 3
    Lo que cuelga de alto a bajo quedando pendiente.
  4. 4
    Afrenta.
  5. 5
    Lo que gana la mujer por la prostitución.
  6. 6
    Culpa, pecado.
  7. 7
    Desgracia, catástrofe, ruina.
  8. 8
    Mal éxito de una pieza teatral.
  9. 9
    Conclusión, remate de una composición poética.
  10. 10
    Entre los tratantes de lana la más basta.
  11. 11
    El ángulo agudo que forma con la vertical todo lo que no está en esta situación ni en la horizontal.
  12. 12
    La acción y efecto de abatir o caer la proa hacia sotavento, ya al dar la vela o ya en una arribada.
  13. 13
    Cabezada.
  14. 14
    La extensión de cualquier vela de cruz desde el grátil al pujamen, la de las orillas de popa y proa de las cangrejas y la de popa de las triangulares.
  15. 15
    Calma, bonanza del viento o de las olas.
  16. 16
    Falla notable cometida por un orador, escritor político etc., en discurso, escrito o conducta.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acída,cadía,caíad,caídda,ccaída,cíada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caída

Misspelling Variants of "caída"

acída5cadía5caíad5caídda6ccaída6cíada5
Misspelling Variants of "caída"

Frequency rank: #2,104 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caída"?
"caída" is spelled C-A-Í-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈið̞a].
What does "caída" mean?
As a noun, "caída" means: Acción o efecto de caer.
What words are commonly confused with "caída"?
"caída" is commonly confused with "cid", "cía", "casa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caída"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caída" is [kaˈið̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caída" come from?
"caída" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.