caravana

/[kaɾaˈβ̞ana]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,597

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

caravana is aSpanishnoun. It means: Multitud de gentes que en Asia y África se juntan para hacer algún viaje con seguridad. Pronounced [kaɾaˈβ̞ana]. It ranks #9,597 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with catalana and caravanas.

Key facts for caravana
PropertyValue
Headwordcaravana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaɾaˈβ̞ana]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,597
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caravana is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾaˈβ̞ana]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,597 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for caravana, with forms such as "acravana", "caarvana", and "caraavna". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "catalana", "caravanas", "carabina", 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 caravana, spelled C-A-R-A-V-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Multitud de gentes que en Asia y África se juntan para hacer algún viaje con seguridad.
  2. 2
    En la religión de S. Juan el número de caballeros que destina el gran maestre para alguna expedición.
  3. 3
    La misma expedición.
  4. 4
    Gran número de personas que se reúnen para ir juntas, y principalmente de campo.
  5. 5
    Trampa para capturar pájaros.
  6. 6
    Exageración de las formalidades, del protocolo.
  7. 7
    Conjunto de un collar con sus respectivos pendientes.
  8. 8
    Ave de la familia de los carádridos.
  9. 9
    Grupo de peregrinos que marchan reunidos largas distancias.
  10. 10
    Cada uno de los grupos de peregrinos que van a la Meca desde otros países.
  11. 11
    Vehículo construido o acondicionado para servir de vivienda.
  12. 12
    Grupo de vehículos que van uno detrás de otro formando un conjunto ya sea para viajar, competir, solidarizar en un entierro, propaganda u otros fines.
  13. 13
    Grupo de vehículos de gente trashumante, tales como los gitanos, en que viajan familias o clanes.
  14. 14
    Grupo de nómades, o viajeros, que montados en dromedarios cruzan el desierto.
  15. 15
    Arete para la oreja.
  16. 16
    Fiesta.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acravana,caarvana,caraavna,carabana,caravaan,caravanna,caravnaa,caravvana,carravana,carvaana,ccaravana,craavana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caravana

Misspelling Variants of "caravana"

acravana8caarvana8caraavna8carabana8caravaan8caravanna9caravnaa8caravvana9
Misspelling Variants of "caravana"

Frequency rank: #9,597 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caravana"?
"caravana" is spelled C-A-R-A-V-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾaˈβ̞ana].
What does "caravana" mean?
As a noun, "caravana" means: Multitud de gentes que en Asia y África se juntan para hacer algún viaje con seguridad.
What words are commonly confused with "caravana"?
"caravana" is commonly confused with "catalana", "caravanas", "carabina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caravana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caravana" is [kaɾaˈβ̞ana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caravana" 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.