catacresis
[kat̪aˈkɾesis]
The verdict
“catacresis” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tropo que consiste en dar a una palabra sentido traslaticio para designar una cosa que carece de nombre especial; p. ej.: la hoja de la espada; una hoja de papel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catacresis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kat̪aˈkɾesis] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “catacresis” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for catacresis is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kat̪aˈkɾesis]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tropo que consiste en dar a una palabra sentido traslaticio para designar una cosa que carece de nombre especial; p. ej.: la hoja de la espada; una hoja de papel.".
catacresis has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is catacresis, spelled C-A-T-A-C-R-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Tropo que consiste en dar a una palabra sentido traslaticio para designar una cosa que carece de nombre especial; p. ej.: la hoja de la espada; una hoja de papel.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “catacresis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-T-A-C-R-E-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kat̪aˈkɾesis] (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.