caraja
[kaˈɾaxa]
The verdict
“caraja” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,709 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,709
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vela cuadrada que se iza en un botalón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caraja · caraja · Spanish
caraja · rank #82,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,709
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH capitanías
Nearest frequency peer: capitanías (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “caraja”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cansina
cansina
17,296 corpus weight
- cantora
cantora
17,295 corpus weight
- capitalinas
capitalinas
17,294 corpus weight
- capitanías
capitanías
17,293 corpus weight
- caraja
caraja
17,292 corpus weight
- carbonizados
carbonizados
17,290 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caraja” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caraja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈɾaxa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caraja” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caraja is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,709 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈɾaxa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caraja, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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. The correct Spanish form is caraja, spelled C-A-R-A-J-A.
Definition
- 1Vela cuadrada que se iza en un botalón.
- 2Atontamiento, embotamiento temporal de la razón y los sentidos.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caraja", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.