caridades
[kaɾiˈð̞að̞es]
The verdict
“caridades” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,663 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,663
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de caridad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caridades · caridades · Spanish
caridades · rank #84,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,663
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH caricaturesco
Nearest frequency peer: caricaturesco (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “caridades”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- calzador
calzador
15,346 corpus weight
- cambiate
cambiate
15,345 corpus weight
- caricatures…
caricaturesco
15,339 corpus weight
- caridades
caridades
15,338 corpus weight
- caudalosos
caudalosos
15,334 corpus weight
- cercan
cercan
15,331 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caridades” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caridades |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾiˈð̞að̞es] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caridades” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caridades is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,663 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾiˈð̞að̞es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de caridad.".
caridades has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is caridades, spelled C-A-R-I-D-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de caridad.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.