care

/[ˈkaɾe]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,475

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

2

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

care is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Phytotoma rara) Ave de la familia Phytotomidae. Mide 19 cm. De plumaje en distintos tonos de pardo con secciones negruzcas, frente y corona pardo rojizas, pico corto y grueso de color negro e iris... Pronounced [ˈkaɾe]. Often confused with ce and che.

Key facts for care
PropertyValue
Headwordcare
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾe]
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,475
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of care in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for care is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,475 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Phytotoma rara) Ave de la familia Phytotomidae. Mide 19 cm. De plumaje en distintos tonos de pardo con secciones negruzcas, frente y corona pardo rojizas, pico corto y grueso de color negro e iris...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 2 documented wrong-spelling variants for care, including "carre" and "ccare". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "che", "cat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is care, spelled C-A-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Phytotoma rara) Ave de la familia Phytotomidae. Mide 19 cm. De plumaje en distintos tonos de pardo con secciones negruzcas, frente y corona pardo rojizas, pico corto y grueso de color negro e iris rojos, con dimorfismo sexual. Se alimenta de plantas y de brotes tiernos de árboles. Ave solitaria, que en algunas épocas del año forma pequeñas bandadas. Frecuenta campos, huertos y jardines.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: carre,ccare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for care

Misspelling Variants of "care"

carre5ccare5
Misspelling Variants of "care"

Frequency rank: #18,475 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "care"?
"care" is spelled C-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾe].
What does "care" mean?
As a noun, "care" means: (Phytotoma rara) Ave de la familia Phytotomidae. Mide 19 cm. De plumaje en distintos tonos de pardo con secciones negruzcas, frente y corona pardo rojizas, pico corto y grueso de color negro e iris...
What words are commonly confused with "care"?
"care" is commonly confused with "ce", "che", "cat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "care"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "care" is [ˈkaɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "care" come from?
"care" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.