cari

[ˈkaɾi]

/[ˈkaɾi]/ adj

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The verdict

“cari” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,929
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De color entre gris y pardo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cari · cari · Spanish

cari · rank #35,929 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,929
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH caracterizados

Nearest frequency peer: caracterizados (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cari”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cari” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cari vs chi
50% similar
cari vs cat
50% similar
cari vs cas
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cari
PropertyValue
Headwordcari
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkaɾi]
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,929
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cari”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.caricae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “caracterizados” (#35,928), “cartoon” (#35,930), “capuchinos” (#35,927). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cari” va en #35,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cari (IPA [ˈkaɾi]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,929 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "De color entre gris y pardo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cari, with forms such as "acri", "cair", and "carri". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chi", "cat", "cas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cari, spelled C-A-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    De color entre gris y pardo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cari appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mientras esta escena tenia lugar en el almacen de los Sres. N. i C.ª, en la misma noche i a la misma hora, un individuo, de aspecto sospechoso, envuelto en una larga manta cari, cubierta la cabeza de un sombrero aleton de paja gruesa i armado de un enorme baston de madera de álamo, golpeaba la puerta de la casa de D. Juan Alvarez.

Synonyms

pardogrisáceo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acri
  • cair
  • carri
  • ccari
  • crai

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cari - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acri2cair2carri1ccari1crai2
Edit distance from "cari"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cari"?
"cari" is spelled C-A-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾi].
What does "cari" mean?
As an adjective, "cari" means: De color entre gris y pardo.
What words are commonly confused with "cari"?
"cari" is commonly confused with "chi", "cat", "cas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cari"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cari" is [ˈkaɾi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cari" come from?
"cari" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cari", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chas#35,938Atea#35,886arda#35,876else#36,015

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

coles5 variantsatañe5 variantshume5 variantsrían5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list