carga

/[ˈkaɾɣ̞a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,469

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carga is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de cargar. Pronounced [ˈkaɾɣ̞a]. It ranks #1,469 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with CRA and casa.

Key facts for carga
PropertyValue
Headwordcarga
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾɣ̞a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,469
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carga is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾɣ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,469 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for carga, with forms such as "acrga", "cagra", and "carag". 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, "CRA", "casa", "CREA", 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 carga, spelled C-A-R-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de cargar.
  2. 2
    Aquello que puede ser transportado por personas, animales o vehículos.
  3. 3
    Cantidad de una sustancia necesaria para el funcionamiento de ciertos utensilios, que ha de ser repuesta tras agotarse.
  4. 4
    Envase o recipiente que contiene la carga₃. ^([cita requerida]).
  5. 5
    Cantidad de material explosivo necesario para obtener una detonación en un arma de fuego o en la cámara de una mina.
  6. 6
    Cualquier cosa que hace peso sobre otra.
  7. 7
    Responsabilidad o sufrimiento que soporta una persona.
  8. 8
    Cantidad de electricidad positiva o negativa en un cuerpo determinada por un exceso o deficiencia de electrones.
  9. 9
    Medida tradicional española de capacidad de áridos equivalente a 3 o 4 fanegas, dependiendo de la zona.
  10. 10
    Embestida violenta de un ejército o cuerpo policial.
  11. 11
    Sujeción de una persona o de un bien, a una obligación legal concreta de carácter público, a una responsabilidad o a un gravamen patrimonial.
  12. 12
    la cantidad de material en suspensión que lleva una corriente de agua.
  13. 13
    Desplazamiento de un jugador producido por el choque violento de un rival.
  14. 14
    Acción o efecto de cargar₁₀ un archivo, un programa, un cd, etc.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrga,cagra,carag,cargga,carrga,ccarga,craga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carga

Misspelling Variants of "carga"

acrga5cagra5carag5cargga6carrga6ccarga6craga5
Misspelling Variants of "carga"

Frequency rank: #1,469 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carga"?
"carga" is spelled C-A-R-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾɣ̞a].
What does "carga" mean?
As a noun, "carga" means: Acción o efecto de cargar.
What words are commonly confused with "carga"?
"carga" is commonly confused with "CRA", "casa", "CREA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carga" is [ˈkaɾɣ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carga" come from?
"carga" 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.