carencias

/[kaˈɾẽnsjas]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,524

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

carencias is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de carencia. Pronounced [kaˈɾẽnsjas]. Often confused with ciencias and caricias.

Key facts for carencias
PropertyValue
Headwordcarencias
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈɾẽnsjas]
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,524
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carencias is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈɾẽnsjas]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,524 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de carencia.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for carencias, with forms such as "acrencias", "caerncias", and "carecnias". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ciencias", "caricias", "creencias", 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 carencias, spelled C-A-R-E-N-C-I-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de carencia.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrencias,caerncias,carecnias,carencais,carenccias,carenciass,carencisa,carenicas,carenncias,carensias,carnecias,carrencias,ccarencias,craencias

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carencias

Misspelling Variants of "carencias"

acrencias9caerncias9carecnias9carencais9carenccias10carenciass10carencisa9carenicas9
Misspelling Variants of "carencias"

Frequency rank: #16,524 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carencias"?
"carencias" is spelled C-A-R-E-N-C-I-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈɾẽnsjas].
What does "carencias" mean?
As a noun, "carencias" means: Forma del plural de carencia.
What words are commonly confused with "carencias"?
"carencias" is commonly confused with "ciencias", "caricias", "creencias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carencias"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carencias" is [kaˈɾẽnsjas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carencias" come from?
"carencias" 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.