caries

[ˈkaɾjes]

/[ˈkaɾjes]/ noun

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The verdict

“caries” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,799
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Destrucción progresiva del diente por la acción de bacterias presentes en la placa dental.

Corpus desk

Index ES-caries · caries · Spanish

caries · rank #30,799 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,799
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH caracterizar

Nearest frequency peer: caracterizar (-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 “caries”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “caries” 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).

caries vs Cris
50% similar
caries vs cars
67% similar
caries vs carne
67% similar

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

Key facts for caries
PropertyValue
Headwordcaries
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾjes]
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,799
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “caries”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cariescae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “caracterizar” (#30,798), “castigan” (#30,800), “catastro” (#30,801). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “caries” va en #30,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around caries (IPA [ˈkaɾjes]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,799 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for caries, with forms such as "acries", "caires", and "careis". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cris", "cars", "carne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is caries, spelled C-A-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Destrucción progresiva del diente por la acción de bacterias presentes en la placa dental.
  2. 2
    Destrucción o daño localizado del tejido óseo y otros tejidos duros.
  3. 3
    (Fusarium spp) Nombre de diferentes especies de hongos que atacan al trigo y otros cereales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «Las bacterias en la placa dental producen ácidos que pueden dañar los dientes y hacer que se formen huecos en el esmalte ([…] conocidas como caries)».
  2. «Ya la lepra ulcerosa, que se ceba en la epidermis y en la carne, llegando con sus caries hasta la médula de los huesos, haciendo del cuerpo vivo conjunto de viscosa fetidez, despojo informe, roído por otras partes, como están los cadáveres en el osario, animado sólo de un espíritu para sufrir».

Synonyms

caries dentalcaries dentariapicaduratizón

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acries
  • caires
  • careis
  • cariess
  • carise
  • carries
  • ccaries
  • craies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caries - 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.

acries2caires2careis2cariess1carise2carries1ccaries1craies2
Edit distance from "caries"

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 "caries"?
"caries" is spelled C-A-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾjes].
What does "caries" mean?
As a noun, "caries" means: Destrucción progresiva del diente por la acción de bacterias presentes en la placa dental.
What words are commonly confused with "caries"?
"caries" is commonly confused with "Cris", "cars", "carne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caries"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caries" is [ˈkaɾjes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caries" come from?
"caries" 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 "caries", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

chamba#30,805cogida#30,813aymara#30,774aunado#30,772

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cierras8 variantsbanal8 variantsapostó8 variantsdelata8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list