carcasa

[kaɾˈkasa]

/[kaɾˈkasa]/ noun

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The verdict

“carcasa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,004
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estructura que da soporte o protege a un objeto o ser vivo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-carcasa · carcasa · Spanish

carcasa · rank #33,004 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,004
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH came

Nearest frequency peer: came (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “carcasa”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “carcasa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

carcasa vs cartas
71% similar
carcasa vs cercas
71% similar
carcasa vs cercana
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for carcasa
PropertyValue
Headwordcarcasa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaɾˈkasa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,004
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “carcasa”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).carcasacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “came” (#33,003), “Calleja” (#33,002), “Carmela” (#33,006). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “carcasa” va en #33,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around carcasa (IPA [kaɾˈkasa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,004 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for carcasa, with forms such as "acrcasa", "cacrasa", and "carcassa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cartas", "cercas", "cercana", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is carcasa, spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estructura que da soporte o protege a un objeto o ser vivo.
  2. 2
    Cuerpo de un animal al que se le han sacado las vísceras, la cabeza y las extremidades.
  3. 3
    Bastidor o caja de computadora.
  4. 4
    Cierta clase de bomba incendiaria antigua.

Synonyms

canal

This word in other languages

case(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrcasa
  • cacrasa
  • carcassa
  • carccasa
  • carcsaa
  • carrcasa
  • ccarcasa
  • cracasa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carcasa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acrcasa2cacrasa2carcassa1carccasa1carcsaa2carrcasa1ccarcasa1cracasa2
Edit distance from "carcasa"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carcasa"?
"carcasa" is spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾˈkasa].
What does "carcasa" mean?
As a noun, "carcasa" means: Estructura que da soporte o protege a un objeto o ser vivo.
What words are commonly confused with "carcasa"?
"carcasa" is commonly confused with "cartas", "cercas", "cercana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carcasa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carcasa" is [kaɾˈkasa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carcasa" come from?
"carcasa" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carcasa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Calleja#33,002Carmela#33,006Buendía#32,997Charcas#33,015

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

casaca8 variantscesto8 variantscoloco8 variantsavant8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list