cartuja

/[kaɾˈt̪uxa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,627

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

cartuja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Monasterio cartujo o monasterio de la orden religiosa de los cartujos. Pronounced [kaɾˈt̪uxa]. Often confused with carta and captura.

Key facts for cartuja
PropertyValue
Headwordcartuja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaɾˈt̪uxa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,627
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cartuja is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾˈt̪uxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,627 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Monasterio cartujo o monasterio de la orden religiosa de los cartujos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cartuja, with forms such as "acrtuja", "carrtuja", and "cartjua". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "carta", "captura", "cartera", 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 cartuja, spelled C-A-R-T-U-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monasterio cartujo o monasterio de la orden religiosa de los cartujos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrtuja,carrtuja,cartjua,carttuja,cartuaj,cartujja,carutja,catruja,ccartuja,cratuja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cartuja

Misspelling Variants of "cartuja"

acrtuja7carrtuja8cartjua7carttuja8cartuaj7cartujja8carutja7catruja7
Misspelling Variants of "cartuja"

Frequency rank: #39,627 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cartuja"?
"cartuja" is spelled C-A-R-T-U-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾˈt̪uxa].
What does "cartuja" mean?
As a noun, "cartuja" means: Monasterio cartujo o monasterio de la orden religiosa de los cartujos.
What words are commonly confused with "cartuja"?
"cartuja" is commonly confused with "carta", "captura", "cartera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cartuja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartuja" is [kaɾˈt̪uxa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartuja" come from?
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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.