catena
[kaˈt̪ena]
The verdict
“catena” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,321 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,321
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cadena de astroblemas que impactaron sobre la superficie de un cuerpo planetario.
Corpus desk
Index ES-catena · catena · Spanish
catena · rank #99,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,321
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cautivan
Nearest frequency peer: cautivan (+4 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “catena”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- canonical
canonical
688 corpus weight
- capaciten
capaciten
687 corpus weight
- carbonatada
carbonatada
685 corpus weight
- catena
catena
680 corpus weight
- cautivan
cautivan
676 corpus weight
- cañadón
cañadón
673 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “catena” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈt̪ena] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “catena” en español
Rare enough to double-check
catena is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,321 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈt̪ena]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
catena has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is catena, spelled C-A-T-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1Cadena de astroblemas que impactaron sobre la superficie de un cuerpo planetario.
- 2Conjunto de suelos genéticamente relacionados, cada uno de ellos vinculado con los otros por algunos de sus componentes.
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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