CTA
[ˈt̪a]
The verdict
“CTA” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,931) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #27,931
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espacio aéreo cuya finalidad es prevenir la colisión entre aeronaves y acelerar el tránsito aéreo regular. El límite inferior de una zona CTA está establecido en 300m. sobre la superficie de la tie...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cta · CTA · Spanish
CTA · rank #27,931 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,931
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH creyera
Nearest frequency peer: creyera (-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 “CTA”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Copiapó
Copiapó
72,074 corpus weight
- corregimien…
corregimiento
72,073 corpus weight
- creyera
creyera
72,071 corpus weight
- CTA
CTA
72,070 corpus weight
- culinaria
culinaria
72,069 corpus weight
- curan
curan
72,068 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “CTA” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | CTA |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈt̪a] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #27,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “CTA” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for CTA is neighbouring look-alikes ("CV", "cu", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [ˈt̪a]. Frequency #27,931 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Gloss: "Espacio aéreo cuya finalidad es prevenir la colisión entre aeronaves y acelerar el tránsito aéreo regular. El límite inferior de una zona CTA está establecido en 300m. sobre la superficie de la tie...".
Zero misspellings are on record for CTA in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CV", "cu", "cup", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is CTA, spelled C-T-A.
Definition
- 1Espacio aéreo cuya finalidad es prevenir la colisión entre aeronaves y acelerar el tránsito aéreo regular. El límite inferior de una zona CTA está establecido en 300m. sobre la superficie de la tierra y el límite superior en 15.000 m. A su vez se divide en: TMA y AWY.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "CTA" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "CV". View pair
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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.