cauta
[ˈkawt̪a]
The verdict
“cauta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,237 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,237
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de cauto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cauta · cauta · Spanish
cauta · rank #75,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,237
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cavero
Nearest frequency peer: cavero (+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 “cauta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- caparazones
caparazones
24,768 corpus weight
- cardón
cardón
24,766 corpus weight
- cauta
cauta
24,764 corpus weight
- cavero
cavero
24,763 corpus weight
- cedería
cedería
24,761 corpus weight
- cefalorraqu…
cefalorraquídeo
24,760 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cauta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cauta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkawt̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cauta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cauta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,237 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkawt̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de cauto.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cauta, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cauta, spelled C-A-U-T-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de cauto.
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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