cátedra
The verdict
“cátedra” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,535 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,535
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Asiento elevado desde donde el profesor instruye a los estudiantes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cátedra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkat̪eð̞ɾa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cátedra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cátedra is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkat̪eð̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,535 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cátedra, with forms such as "ccátedra", "ctáedra", and "cáetdra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cayera", "catedral", "cátedras", 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 cátedra, spelled C-Á-T-E-D-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Asiento elevado desde donde el profesor instruye a los estudiantes.
- 2Asiento designado al obispo en las catedrales.
- 3Cargo de catedrático.
- 4Aula de clase en las escuelas.
- 5Asignatura que se imparte en las universidades y otras escuelas.
- 6Dignidad de o cargo de obispo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccátedra,ctáedra,cáetdra,cátdera,cátedar,cáteddra,cátedrra,cáterda,cáttedra,áctedra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cátedra — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "cátedra"
Frequency rank: #7,535 in Spanish
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Using “cátedra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Á-T-E-D-R-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkat̪eð̞ɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cayera” — see the side-by-side comparison. cátedra vs cayera
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index: