cautivo
[kawˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“cautivo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,598
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que se encuentra privado de libertad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cautivo · cautivo · Spanish
cautivo · rank #22,598 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,598
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Casey
Nearest frequency peer: Casey (-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 “cautivo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cantina
cantina
77,406 corpus weight
- Casey
Casey
77,404 corpus weight
- cautivo
cautivo
77,403 corpus weight
- ceros
ceros
77,402 corpus weight
- cerraba
cerraba
77,401 corpus weight
- charlando
charlando
77,400 corpus weight
What this shows “cautivo” 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 | cautivo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kawˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cautivo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cautivo (IPA [kawˈt̪iβ̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,598 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cautivo, with forms such as "acutivo", "catuivo", and "cauitvo". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cauto", "cultivo", "cautivos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cautivo, spelled C-A-U-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Que se encuentra privado de libertad.
- 2Por antonomasia, dicho de una persona, que ha sido capturado por el enemigo en la guerra.
- 3Por extensión, seducido por algo o alguien hasta la capitulación de la voluntad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cautivo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y así Israel fue llevado cautivo de su tierra a Asiria, hasta el día de hoy Reyes IV, 17:23.
Un otoño trae de vuelta al que se dejó llevar por la pasión amorosa y ahora es un hombre amargado, perseguido y cautivo de su ira.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acutivo
- catuivo
- cauitvo
- cautibo
- cautiov
- cautivvo
- cauttivo
- cautvio
- ccautivo
- cuativo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cautivo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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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 (10 here; floor ≥5).