carótida
[kaˈɾot̪ið̞a]
The verdict
“carótida” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,388 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,388
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cada una de las dos arterias que por uno y otro lado del cuello llevan la sangre a la cabeza, dividiéndose ambas en una rama externa que se distribuye en la cara, lengua y garganta, y otra interna ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carótida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈɾot̪ið̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carótida” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carótida is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,388 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈɾot̪ið̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cada una de las dos arterias que por uno y otro lado del cuello llevan la sangre a la cabeza, dividiéndose ambas en una rama externa que se distribuye en la cara, lengua y garganta, y otra interna ...".
Zero misspellings are on record for carótida in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 carótida, spelled C-A-R-Ó-T-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Cada una de las dos arterias que por uno y otro lado del cuello llevan la sangre a la cabeza, dividiéndose ambas en una rama externa que se distribuye en la cara, lengua y garganta, y otra interna que riega el globo ocular y la porción anterior del cerebro.
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.
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Using “carótida”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-Ó-T-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.