carías

[kaˈɾias]

/[kaˈɾias]/ verb

The verdict

“carías” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,091 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,091
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de cariar o de cariarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-carias · carías · Spanish

carías · rank #96,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,091
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH castigaban

Nearest frequency peer: castigaban (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “carías”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carías” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carías
PropertyValue
Headwordcarías
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kaˈɾias]
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “carías” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.caríascae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “castigaban” (#96,092), “carterista” (#96,089), “cavalleria” (#96,093). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “carías” va en #96,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carías is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,091 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kaˈɾias]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de cariar o de cariarse.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carías, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 carías, spelled C-A-R-Í-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de cariar o de cariarse.

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 "carías"?
"carías" is spelled C-A-R-Í-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈɾias].
What does "carías" mean?
As a verb, "carías" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de cariar o de cariarse.
How do you pronounce "carías"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carías" is [kaˈɾias]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carías" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list