cartas

/[ˈkaɾt̪as]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,929

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cartas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de carta. Pronounced [ˈkaɾt̪as]. It ranks #1,929 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cata and cats.

Key facts for cartas
PropertyValue
Headwordcartas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾt̪as]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,929
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cartas is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾt̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,929 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de carta.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cartas, with forms such as "acrtas", "carats", and "carrtas". 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, "cata", "cats", "casas", 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 cartas, spelled C-A-R-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de carta.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrtas,carats,carrtas,cartass,cartsa,carttas,catras,ccartas,cratas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cartas

Misspelling Variants of "cartas"

acrtas6carats6carrtas7cartass7cartsa6carttas7catras6ccartas7
Misspelling Variants of "cartas"

Frequency rank: #1,929 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cartas"?
"cartas" is spelled C-A-R-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾt̪as].
What does "cartas" mean?
As a noun, "cartas" means: Forma del plural de carta.
What words are commonly confused with "cartas"?
"cartas" is commonly confused with "cata", "cats", "casas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cartas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartas" is [ˈkaɾt̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartas" come from?
"cartas" 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.