catedral

/[kat̪eˈð̞ɾal]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,307

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

catedral is aSpanishnoun. It means: Templo cristiano, donde tiene sede o cátedra un obispo, siendo así la iglesia principal de cada diócesis. Pronounced [kat̪eˈð̞ɾal]. It ranks #4,307 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cátedras and catedrales.

Key facts for catedral
PropertyValue
Headwordcatedral
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kat̪eˈð̞ɾal]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,307
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for catedral is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kat̪eˈð̞ɾal]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,307 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Templo cristiano, donde tiene sede o cátedra un obispo, siendo así la iglesia principal de cada diócesis.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for catedral, with forms such as "actedral", "caetdral", and "catderal". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cátedras", "catedrales", "cátedra", 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 catedral, spelled C-A-T-E-D-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Templo cristiano, donde tiene sede o cátedra un obispo, siendo así la iglesia principal de cada diócesis.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: actedral,caetdral,catderal,catedarl,cateddral,catedrall,catedrla,catedrral,caterdal,cattedral,ccatedral,ctaedral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for catedral

Misspelling Variants of "catedral"

actedral8caetdral8catderal8catedarl8cateddral9catedrall9catedrla8catedrral9
Misspelling Variants of "catedral"

Frequency rank: #4,307 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "catedral"?
"catedral" is spelled C-A-T-E-D-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kat̪eˈð̞ɾal].
What does "catedral" mean?
As a noun, "catedral" means: Templo cristiano, donde tiene sede o cátedra un obispo, siendo así la iglesia principal de cada diócesis.
What words are commonly confused with "catedral"?
"catedral" is commonly confused with "cátedras", "catedrales", "cátedra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "catedral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catedral" is [kat̪eˈð̞ɾal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "catedral" come from?
"catedral" 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.