cascarrabias
[kaskaˈraβ̞jas]
The verdict
“cascarrabias” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #72,576 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,576
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona que se enfurece a cada momento y por causas pequeñas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cascarrabias |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaskaˈraβ̞jas] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #72,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cascarrabias” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cascarrabias is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaskaˈraβ̞jas]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,576 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cascarrabias, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cascarrabias, spelled C-A-S-C-A-R-R-A-B-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1Persona que se enfurece a cada momento y por causas pequeñas.
- 2Persona gruñona o que protesta por cualquier motivo.
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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Using “cascarrabias”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-S-C-A-R-R-A-B-I-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaskaˈraβ̞jas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.