carcoma
[kaɾˈkoma]
The verdict
“carcoma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,716 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,716
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Insecto coleóptero muy pequeño, cuyas larvas cavan galerías en troncos secos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carcoma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈkoma] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carcoma” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carcoma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,716 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾˈkoma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for carcoma in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 carcoma, spelled C-A-R-C-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1Insecto coleóptero muy pequeño, cuyas larvas cavan galerías en troncos secos.
- 2Polvo que produce este insecto después de digerir la madera que ha roído.
- 3Cuidado (preocupación) grave y continuo que mortifica y consume al que lo tiene.
- 4Persona o cosa que poco a poco va gastando y consumiendo la hacienda.
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.
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Using “carcoma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-C-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaɾˈkoma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.