cascabel

/[kaskaˈβ̞el]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,272

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cascabel is aSpanishnoun. It means: Esfera hueca y calada de metal, que lleva en su interior otra pieza que, al chocar con las paredes de la primera, producen un tintineo armonioso. Pronounced [kaskaˈβ̞el].

Key facts for cascabel
PropertyValue
Headwordcascabel
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaskaˈβ̞el]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,272
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cascabel is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaskaˈβ̞el]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,272 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for cascabel, with forms such as "acscabel", "cacsabel", and "casacbel". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 cascabel, spelled C-A-S-C-A-B-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Esfera hueca y calada de metal, que lleva en su interior otra pieza que, al chocar con las paredes de la primera, producen un tintineo armonioso.
  2. 2
    Remate posterior hemisférico de algunos antiguos cañones.
  3. 3
    Letra de una plancha de imprenta que, al no haberse encajado o soldado correctamente, se levanta al tocar el rodillo que la entinta.
  4. 4
    Estructura córnea, formada por escamas modificadas, que tiene en el extremo de la cola los crótalos.
  5. 5
    (Crotalinae) Grupo de víboras del nuevo mundo, caracterizadas por poseer en el extremo de la cola un apéndice óseo que hacen sonar como aviso de un posible ataque, es muy venenosa y puede ser mortal para el humano.
  6. 6
    Persona vivaz y poco sensata.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acscabel,cacsabel,casacbel,cascabbel,cascabell,cascable,cascaebl,cascavel,cascbael,casccabel,casscabel,ccascabel,csacabel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cascabel

Misspelling Variants of "cascabel"

acscabel8cacsabel8casacbel8cascabbel9cascabell9cascable8cascaebl8cascavel8
Misspelling Variants of "cascabel"

Frequency rank: #28,272 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cascabel"?
"cascabel" is spelled C-A-S-C-A-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kaskaˈβ̞el].
What does "cascabel" mean?
As a noun, "cascabel" means: Esfera hueca y calada de metal, que lleva en su interior otra pieza que, al chocar con las paredes de la primera, producen un tintineo armonioso.
What are common misspellings of "cascabel"?
Common misspellings include "acscabel", "cacsabel", "casacbel", "cascabbel", "cascabell". The correct spelling is "cascabel".
How do you pronounce "cascabel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cascabel" is [kaskaˈβ̞el]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cascabel" 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.