caracteres

/[kaɾakˈt̪eɾes]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,929

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

caracteres is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de carácter. Pronounced [kaɾakˈt̪eɾes]. It ranks #5,929 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cráteres and carácter.

Key facts for caracteres
PropertyValue
Headwordcaracteres
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaɾakˈt̪eɾes]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,929
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caracteres is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾakˈt̪eɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,929 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de carácter.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for caracteres, with forms such as "acracteres", "caarcteres", and "caraccteres". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cráteres", "carácter", 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 caracteres, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de carácter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acracteres,caarcteres,caraccteres,caracetres,caracteers,caracteress,caracterres,caracterse,caractrees,caractteres,caratceres,carcateres,carracteres,ccaracteres,craacteres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caracteres

Misspelling Variants of "caracteres"

acracteres10caarcteres10caraccteres11caracetres10caracteers10caracteress11caracterres11caracterse10
Misspelling Variants of "caracteres"

Frequency rank: #5,929 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caracteres"?
"caracteres" is spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾakˈt̪eɾes].
What does "caracteres" mean?
As a noun, "caracteres" means: Forma del plural de carácter.
What words are commonly confused with "caracteres"?
"caracteres" is commonly confused with "cráteres", "carácter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caracteres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caracteres" is [kaɾakˈt̪eɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caracteres" come from?
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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.