cruzada

/[kɾuˈsað̞a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,435

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

cruzada is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lucha o guerra encarnizada movida por unos ideales. Pronounced [kɾuˈsað̞a]. It ranks #9,435 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cruzar and cruzan.

Key facts for cruzada
PropertyValue
Headwordcruzada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɾuˈsað̞a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,435
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cruzada in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cruzada is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾuˈsað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,435 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cruzada, with forms such as "ccruzada", "crruzada", and "cruazda". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "cruzar", "cruzan", "cruzas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cruzada, spelled C-R-U-Z-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lucha o guerra encarnizada movida por unos ideales.
  2. 2
    En particular, alguna de las varias que propiciaron los reinos cristianos en la Edad Media para recuperar Jerusalén y otros lugares sagrados para el cristianismo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccruzada,crruzada,cruazda,cruzaad,cruzadda,cruzdaa,cruzzada,crzuada,curzada,rcuzada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cruzada

Misspelling Variants of "cruzada"

ccruzada8crruzada8cruazda7cruzaad7cruzadda8cruzdaa7cruzzada8crzuada7
Misspelling Variants of "cruzada"

Frequency rank: #9,435 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cruzada"?
"cruzada" is spelled C-R-U-Z-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾuˈsað̞a].
What does "cruzada" mean?
As a noun, "cruzada" means: Lucha o guerra encarnizada movida por unos ideales.
What words are commonly confused with "cruzada"?
"cruzada" is commonly confused with "cruzar", "cruzan", "cruzas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cruzada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cruzada" is [kɾuˈsað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cruzada" come from?
"cruzada" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.