Cretácico
[kɾeˈt̪asiko]
The verdict
“Cretácico” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #49,548 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,548
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercer período de la era Mesozoica, es una de las mayores divisiones de las eras geologicas, inicia al terminar el período Jurásico hace 146 millones de años y termina al inicio de la primera epoca...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cretácico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɾeˈt̪asiko] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cretácico” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Cretácico is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾeˈt̪asiko]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,548 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercer período de la era Mesozoica, es una de las mayores divisiones de las eras geologicas, inicia al terminar el período Jurásico hace 146 millones de años y termina al inicio de la primera epoca...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cretácico, with forms such as "ccretácico", "certácico", and "cretcáico". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Cretácico, spelled C-R-E-T-Á-C-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Tercer período de la era Mesozoica, es una de las mayores divisiones de las eras geologicas, inicia al terminar el período Jurásico hace 146 millones de años y termina al inicio de la primera epoca el Paleoceno del periodo Terciario hace 65.5 millones de años.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccretácico,certácico,cretcáico,crettácico,cretáccico,cretáccio,cretácicco,cretácioc,cretáicco,cretásico,creátcico,crretácico,crteácico,rcetácico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cretácico - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Cretácico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-E-T-Á-C-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɾeˈt̪asiko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.