cavo
[ˈkaβ̞o]
The verdict
“cavo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,778 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,778
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cueva en la que viven algunos animales como el conejo y el hurón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cavo · cavo · Spanish
cavo · rank #81,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,778
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH categorizado
Nearest frequency peer: categorizado (-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 “cavo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- carísima
carísima
18,227 corpus weight
- Castillejos
Castillejos
18,225 corpus weight
- categorizado
categorizado
18,224 corpus weight
- cavo
cavo
18,223 corpus weight
- caías
caías
18,222 corpus weight
- cedemos
cedemos
18,219 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cavo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cavo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaβ̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cavo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cavo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,778 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkaβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cueva en la que viven algunos animales como el conejo y el hurón.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cavo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cavo, spelled C-A-V-O.
Definition
- 1Cueva en la que viven algunos animales como el conejo y el hurón.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cavo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 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.