carótida
[kaˈɾot̪ið̞a]
The verdict
“carótida” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,388 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,388
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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 ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-carotida · carótida · Spanish
carótida · rank #61,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cardiopatía
Nearest frequency peer: cardiopatía (-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 “carótida”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- capto
capto
38,616 corpus weight
- carburante
carburante
38,615 corpus weight
- cardiopatía
cardiopatía
38,614 corpus weight
- carótida
carótida
38,613 corpus weight
- casaste
casaste
38,612 corpus weight
- cavernícolas
cavernícolas
38,609 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carótida” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “carótida” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carótida is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,388 among 8,288 “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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