carril

/[kaˈril]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,252

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carril is aSpanishnoun. It means: Marca en un camino, que van dejando las ruedas de los vehículos. Pronounced [kaˈril]. It ranks #9,252 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with carro and corrí.

Key facts for carril
PropertyValue
Headwordcarril
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈril]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,252
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carril is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈril]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,252 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for carril, with forms such as "acrril", "caril", and "carirl". 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, "carro", "corrí", "carry", 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 carril, spelled C-A-R-R-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marca en un camino, que van dejando las ruedas de los vehículos.
  2. 2
    Línea trazada por el arado en el campo.
  3. 3
    Vía estrecha.
  4. 4
    Cada una de las pistas de la calzada de una calle, que van separadas por trazos blancos discontinuos.
  5. 5
    Línea de barras metálicas por las que se desplaza el ferrocarril, tranvía u otro vehículo de este tipo.
  6. 6
    Ferrocarril.
  7. 7
    Ranura o surco que permite el desplazamiento de una ventana o puerta de corredera.
  8. 8
    Afirmación audaz y sin base, con apariencia de verdad.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrril,caril,carirl,carrill,carrli,ccarril,craril

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carril

Misspelling Variants of "carril"

acrril6caril5carirl6carrill7carrli6ccarril7craril6
Misspelling Variants of "carril"

Frequency rank: #9,252 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carril"?
"carril" is spelled C-A-R-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈril].
What does "carril" mean?
As a noun, "carril" means: Marca en un camino, que van dejando las ruedas de los vehículos.
What words are commonly confused with "carril"?
"carril" is commonly confused with "carro", "corrí", "carry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carril" is [kaˈril]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carril" come from?
"carril" 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.