carrera

/[kaˈreɾa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#682

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carrera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Competición atlética consistente en recorrer una distancia determinada en un tiempo inferior al empleado por los demás participantes. Pronounced [kaˈreɾa]. It ranks #682 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with correr and correa.

Key facts for carrera
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈreɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#682
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carrera in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carrera is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈreɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #682 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for carrera, with forms such as "acrrera", "carera", and "carerra". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "correr", "correa", "casera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is carrera, spelled C-A-R-R-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Competición atlética consistente en recorrer una distancia determinada en un tiempo inferior al empleado por los demás participantes.
  2. 2
    Vía suficientemente amplia como para que puedan circular carros.
  3. 3
    Avenida generalmente en sentido norte-sur y viceversa, en oposición a la calle (en sentido oriente - occidente y viceversa).
  4. 4
    Recorrido o trayectoria de un objeto que se desplaza.
  5. 5
    Trayectoria profesional de una persona.
  6. 6
    Programa de estudios que conduce a la obtención de un título universitario.
  7. 7
    Cada servicio o recorrido que hace un taxi u otro vehículo de servicio público.
  8. 8
    Llegada al plato o goma₂ que marca la anotación de un punto, sea desde la tercera base, o pasando por todas de una sola bateada.
  9. 9
    En las medias: Roto a lo largo de la pierna.
  10. 10
    Recorrido y actividad de las prostitutas.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrrera,carera,carerra,carrear,carrerra,carrrea,ccarrera,crarera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carrera

Misspelling Variants of "carrera"

acrrera7carera6carerra7carrear7carrerra8carrrea7ccarrera8crarera7
Misspelling Variants of "carrera"

Frequency rank: #682 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carrera"?
"carrera" is spelled C-A-R-R-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈreɾa].
What does "carrera" mean?
As a noun, "carrera" means: Competición atlética consistente en recorrer una distancia determinada en un tiempo inferior al empleado por los demás participantes.
What words are commonly confused with "carrera"?
"carrera" is commonly confused with "correr", "correa", "casera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrera" is [kaˈreɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrera" come from?
"carrera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.