carísima
[kaˈɾisima]
The verdict
“carísima” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,774 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,774
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de carísimo, superlativo de caro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carisima · carísima · Spanish
carísima · rank #81,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,774
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH carraca
Nearest frequency peer: carraca (-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 “carísima”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- career
career
18,230 corpus weight
- Caris
Caris
18,229 corpus weight
- carraca
carraca
18,228 corpus weight
- carísima
carísima
18,227 corpus weight
- Castillejos
Castillejos
18,225 corpus weight
- categorizado
categorizado
18,224 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “carísima” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carísima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaˈɾisima] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carísima” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carísima is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,774 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaˈɾisima]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de carísimo, superlativo de caro.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carísima, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is carísima, spelled C-A-R-Í-S-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de carísimo, superlativo de caro.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carísima", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 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.