catalejo
[kat̪aˈlexo]
The verdict
“catalejo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,703 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,703
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pequeño telescopio portátil, extensible y con una sola mira.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catalejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kat̪aˈlexo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “catalejo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
catalejo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,703 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kat̪aˈlexo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pequeño telescopio portátil, extensible y con una sola mira.".
No misspelling variants are generated for catalejo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is catalejo, spelled C-A-T-A-L-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Pequeño telescopio portátil, extensible y con una sola mira.
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); 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 “catalejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-T-A-L-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kat̪aˈlexo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.