cárcel

Name: cárcel, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈkaɾsel]

/[ˈkaɾsel]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cárcel” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,503
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad

Corpus desk

Index ES-carcel · cárcel · Spanish

cárcel · rank #1,503 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,503
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH conciencia

Nearest frequency peer: conciencia (-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.

ciencias

98,501
completa

98,500
conciencia

98,499
cárcel

98,498
debes

98,497
digital

98,495

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

cárcel vs Carl

33% similar

cárcel vs care

50% similar

cárcel vs carne

50% similar

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

Key facts for cárcel
Property	Value
Headword	cárcel
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈkaɾsel]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#1,503
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cárcel”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cárcelcae aquí:

#1,503

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “conciencia” (#1,502), “debes” (#1,504), “completa” (#1,501). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cárcel” va en #1,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cárcel (IPA [ˈkaɾsel]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,503 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cárcel, with forms such as "ccárcel", "crácel", and "cácrel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Carl", "care", "carne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cárcel, spelled C-Á-R-C-E-L.

Definition

1
Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad
2
Pena de privación de libertad que se impone a los condenados por algún delito
3
Elemento compuesto por cuatro piezas, dos horizontales y dos verticales, que sirve para soportar los empujes que reciben los tapiales en el momento de la construcción de las tapias

Synonyms

presidio prisión

This word in other languages

prison(Français)Gefängnis(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccárcel
crácel
cácrel
cárccel
cárcell
cárcle
cárecl
cárrcel
cársel
ácrcel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cárcel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "cárcel"

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 "cárcel"?

"cárcel" is spelled C-Á-R-C-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾsel].

What does "cárcel" mean?

As a noun, "cárcel" means: Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad

What words are commonly confused with "cárcel"?

"cárcel" is commonly confused with "Carl", "care", "carne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cárcel"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cárcel" is [ˈkaɾsel]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cárcel" come from?

"cárcel" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ganado#1,510 supone#1,495 llevan#1,515 objeto#1,490

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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