cautos
[ˈkawt̪os]
The verdict
“cautos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,061 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,061
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del masculino plural de cauto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cautos · cautos · Spanish
cautos · rank #54,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,061
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH casquillo
Nearest frequency peer: casquillo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cautos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Casals
Casals
45,942 corpus weight
- casquillo
casquillo
45,941 corpus weight
- cautos
cautos
45,940 corpus weight
- cedan
cedan
45,939 corpus weight
- cerebelo
cerebelo
45,937 corpus weight
- cervecero
cervecero
45,936 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cautos” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cautos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkawt̪os] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cautos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cautos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,061 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkawt̪os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del masculino plural de cauto.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cautos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cautos, spelled C-A-U-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del masculino plural 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.