cárcel
[ˈkaɾsel]
The verdict
“cárcel” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,503 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,503
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “cárcel” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cárcel is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾsel]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,503 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Establecimiento destinado al alojamiento de los penados a privación de libertad
- 2Pena de privación de libertad que se impone a los condenados por algún delito
- 3Elemento 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
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “cárcel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Á-R-C-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaɾsel] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Carl” - see the side-by-side comparison. cárcel vs Carl
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.