cofradía
[kofɾaˈð̞ia]
The verdict
“cofradía” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,537 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,537
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Congregación o hermandad que forman algunos devotos, con autoridad competente, para ejercitarse en obras de piedad.
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 | cofradía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kofɾaˈð̞ia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cofradía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cofradía is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kofɾaˈð̞ia]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,537 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cofradía, with forms such as "ccofradía", "cforadía", and "cofardía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cofradías", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cofradía, spelled C-O-F-R-A-D-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Congregación o hermandad que forman algunos devotos, con autoridad competente, para ejercitarse en obras de piedad.
- 2Gremio, compañía o unión de gentes para un fin determinado.
- 3Vecindario, unión de personas o pueblos congregados entre sí para participar de privilegios.
- 4Muchedumbre de gente.
- 5Junta de ladrones o rufianes.
- 6Malla o cota.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccofradía,cforadía,cofardía,coffradía,cofradaí,cofraddía,cofraída,cofrdaía,cofrradía,corfadía,ocfradía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cofradía - 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 “cofradía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-F-R-A-D-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kofɾaˈð̞ia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cofradías” - see the side-by-side comparison. cofradía vs cofradías
- 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.