cartela
[kaɾˈt̪ela]
The verdict
“cartela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,132 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,132
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recuadro o tabla con motivos decorativos sobre la que se coloca un emblema o inscripción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cartela · cartela · Spanish
cartela · rank #97,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,132
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caretear
Nearest frequency peer: caretear (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cartela”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- carecieron
carecieron
2,871 corpus weight
- caretear
caretear
2,870 corpus weight
- cartela
cartela
2,869 corpus weight
- casquetes
casquetes
2,867 corpus weight
- catalogaron
catalogaron
2,865 corpus weight
- catamarán
catamarán
2,864 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cartela” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cartela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈt̪ela] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cartela” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cartela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,132 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾˈt̪ela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cartela doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cartela, spelled C-A-R-T-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Recuadro o tabla con motivos decorativos sobre la que se coloca un emblema o inscripción.
- 2Espacio cuadrado o rectangular usado para recoger texto dentro de una historieta y colocado siempre fuera de la imagen. También llamada cajetín, cartucho o didascalia.
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.
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