cautela
[kawˈt̪ela]
The verdict
“cautela” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,371
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Precaución y reserva con que se procede.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cautela · cautela · Spanish
cautela · rank #17,371 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,371
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cariñoso
Nearest frequency peer: cariñoso (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cautela”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cambiarse
cambiarse
82,633 corpus weight
- capitolio
capitolio
82,632 corpus weight
- cariñoso
cariñoso
82,631 corpus weight
- cautela
cautela
82,630 corpus weight
- ceguera
ceguera
82,629 corpus weight
- cenas
cenas
82,628 corpus weight
What this shows “cautela” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cautela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kawˈt̪ela] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cautela”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cautela (IPA [kawˈt̪ela]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,371 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cautela, with forms such as "acutela", "catuela", and "cauetla". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cuela", "cautiva", "cazuela", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cautela, spelled C-A-U-T-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Precaución y reserva con que se procede.
- 2Astucia, maña y sutileza para engañar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cautela appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Nicolás y Rocío se miraron asombrados y siguieron con cautela los movimientos del perro».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acutela
- catuela
- cauetla
- cauteal
- cautella
- cautlea
- cauttela
- ccautela
- cuatela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cautela - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cautela", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).