cantidad

/[kãn̪t̪iˈð̞að̞]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#530

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

cantidad is aSpanishnoun. It means: Todo lo que es capaz de aumentar o disminuir y que puede medirse o numerarse. Pronounced [kãn̪t̪iˈð̞að̞]. It ranks #530 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with caridad and cavidad.

Key facts for cantidad
PropertyValue
Headwordcantidad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kãn̪t̪iˈð̞að̞]
Letters8
Frequency rank#530
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cantidad is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãn̪t̪iˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #530 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for cantidad, with forms such as "acntidad", "canitdad", and "canntidad". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "caridad", "cavidad", "cantina", 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 cantidad, spelled C-A-N-T-I-D-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Todo lo que es capaz de aumentar o disminuir y que puede medirse o numerarse.
  2. 2
    Porción de algo.
  3. 3
    Gran número de algo.
  4. 4
    Suma de dinero.
  5. 5
    En matemáticas,expresión de una magnitud.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acntidad,canitdad,canntidad,cantdiad,cantiadd,cantidadd,cantidda,cantiddad,canttidad,catnidad,ccantidad,cnatidad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cantidad

Misspelling Variants of "cantidad"

acntidad8canitdad8canntidad9cantdiad8cantiadd8cantidadd9cantidda8cantiddad9
Misspelling Variants of "cantidad"

Frequency rank: #530 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cantidad"?
"cantidad" is spelled C-A-N-T-I-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [kãn̪t̪iˈð̞að̞].
What does "cantidad" mean?
As a noun, "cantidad" means: Todo lo que es capaz de aumentar o disminuir y que puede medirse o numerarse.
What words are commonly confused with "cantidad"?
"cantidad" is commonly confused with "caridad", "cavidad", "cantina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cantidad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cantidad" is [kãn̪t̪iˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cantidad" come from?
"cantidad" 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.