caterva
[kaˈt̪eɾβ̞a]
The verdict
“caterva” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,442 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,442
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Multitud de personas, cosas o seres vivos desordenados, o considerados poco valor e importancia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caterva · caterva · Spanish
caterva · rank #64,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,442
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH casquete
Nearest frequency peer: casquete (-1 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 “caterva”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- careció
careció
35,561 corpus weight
- casquete
casquete
35,560 corpus weight
- caterva
caterva
35,559 corpus weight
- Caupolicán
Caupolicán
35,558 corpus weight
- cavas
cavas
35,557 corpus weight
- cebar
cebar
35,556 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “caterva” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caterva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈt̪eɾβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caterva” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caterva is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,442 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈt̪eɾβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Multitud de personas, cosas o seres vivos desordenados, o considerados poco valor e importancia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for caterva in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is caterva, spelled C-A-T-E-R-V-A.
Definition
- 1Multitud de personas, cosas o seres vivos desordenados, o considerados poco valor e importancia.
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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