carta

/[ˈkaɾt̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#873

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Escrito de comunicación que una persona o institución envía a otra. Pronounced [ˈkaɾt̪a]. It ranks #873 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cat and CTA.

Key facts for carta
PropertyValue
Headwordcarta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾt̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#873
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #873 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 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 carta, with forms such as "acrta", "carat", and "carrta". 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, "cat", "CTA", "CRA", 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 carta, spelled C-A-R-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Escrito de comunicación que una persona o institución envía a otra.
  2. 2
    Cada una de las cartulinas que conforman una baraja.
  3. 3
    En un restaurante o bar, escrito que detalla los platos o bebidas que se pueden pedir.
  4. 4
    Representación sistemática de un territorio de acuerdo a un principio de transposición, en especial en materia náutica.
  5. 5
    Tamaño de una hoja de papel (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, o 8½ × 11 pulgadas).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrta,carat,carrta,cartta,catra,ccarta,crata

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carta

Misspelling Variants of "carta"

acrta5carat5carrta6cartta6catra5ccarta6crata5
Misspelling Variants of "carta"

Frequency rank: #873 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carta"?
"carta" is spelled C-A-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾt̪a].
What does "carta" mean?
As a noun, "carta" means: Escrito de comunicación que una persona o institución envía a otra.
What words are commonly confused with "carta"?
"carta" is commonly confused with "cat", "CTA", "CRA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carta" is [ˈkaɾt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carta" come from?
"carta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.