Cartagena
[kaɾt̪aˈxena]
The verdict
“Cartagena” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,149
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad de la Región de Murcia, en España, y primera en recibir este nombre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cartagena · Cartagena · Spanish
Cartagena · rank #6,149 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,149
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH calificación
Nearest frequency peer: calificación (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Cartagena”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bonos
bonos
93,855 corpus weight
- Burgos
Burgos
93,854 corpus weight
- calificación
calificación
93,853 corpus weight
- Cartagena
Cartagena
93,852 corpus weight
- cayendo
cayendo
93,851 corpus weight
- cenar
cenar
93,850 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Cartagena” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cartagena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [kaɾt̪aˈxena] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cartagena” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Cartagena (IPA [kaɾt̪aˈxena]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,149 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cartagena, with forms such as "acrtagena", "caratgena", and "carrtagena". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Cartagena, spelled C-A-R-T-A-G-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de la Región de Murcia, en España, y primera en recibir este nombre.
- 2Ciudad y balneario popular en la Región de Valparaíso, en Chile.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrtagena
- caratgena
- carrtagena
- cartaegna
- cartagean
- cartagenna
- cartaggena
- cartagnea
- cartgaena
- carttagena
- catragena
- ccartagena
- cratagena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cartagena - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cartagena", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.