cava
[ˈkaβ̞a]
The verdict
“cava” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,946 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,946
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cueva.
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 | cava |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cava” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cava is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,946 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cava, with forms such as "acva", "caav", and "cavva". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CV", "cha", "cía", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cava, spelled C-A-V-A.
Definition
- 1Cueva.
- 2Excavación profunda que circunda a una fortaleza.
- 3Bodega o depósito subterráneo donde se elabora o almacena el vino.
- 4En un palacio, sala en donde se custodiaba el agua y el vino que debía beber los miembros de la realeza.
- 5Pequeña heladera que sirve para guardar vinos o también cerveza, controlando su temperatura de forma precisa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acva,caav,cavva,ccava,cvaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cava - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “cava”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-V-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CV” - see the side-by-side comparison. cava vs CV
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.