Cataluña

/[kat̪aˈluɲa]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,238

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Cataluña is aSpanishname. It means: Comunidad autónoma de España formada por las provincias de Lérida, Gerona, Barcelona y Tarragona. Pronounced [kat̪aˈluɲa]. It ranks #2,238 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Catarina and Catalunya.

Key facts for Cataluña
PropertyValue
HeadwordCataluña
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[kat̪aˈluɲa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,238
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Cataluña is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kat̪aˈluɲa]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,238 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Cataluña, with forms such as "actaluña", "caatluña", and "catalluña". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Catarina", "Catalunya", "catalán", 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 Cataluña, spelled C-A-T-A-L-U-Ñ-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comunidad autónoma de España formada por las provincias de Lérida, Gerona, Barcelona y Tarragona.
  2. 2
    Territorio histórico situado en la actual Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña y el Rosellón.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: actaluña,caatluña,catalluña,cataluañ,catalñua,cataulña,catlauña,cattaluña,ccataluña,ctaaluña

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Cataluña

Misspelling Variants of "Cataluña"

actaluña8caatluña8catalluña9cataluañ8catalñua8cataulña8catlauña8cattaluña9
Misspelling Variants of "Cataluña"

Frequency rank: #2,238 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cataluña"?
"Cataluña" is spelled C-A-T-A-L-U-Ñ-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kat̪aˈluɲa].
What does "Cataluña" mean?
As a name, "Cataluña" means: Comunidad autónoma de España formada por las provincias de Lérida, Gerona, Barcelona y Tarragona.
What words are commonly confused with "Cataluña"?
"Cataluña" is commonly confused with "Catarina", "Catalunya", "catalán". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cataluña"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cataluña" is [kat̪aˈluɲa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cataluña" come from?
"Cataluña" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.