cardumen
[kaɾˈð̞umẽn]
The verdict
“cardumen” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo cohesionado de peces.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cardumen · cardumen · Spanish
cardumen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cardumen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈð̞umẽn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cardumen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cardumen is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾˈð̞umẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cardumen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cardumen, spelled C-A-R-D-U-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Grupo cohesionado de peces.
- 2Grupo grande de cualquier cosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cardumen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
pero un aragonés, apellidado Landázuri, daba por sí solo más trajín a oidores, alcalde, portero y alguaciles que un cardumen de litigantes.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.