cuadrilla
[kwaˈð̞ɾiʝa]
The verdict
“cuadrilla” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,942 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,942
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Reunión de personas para el desempeño de algunos oficios o para ciertos fines.
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 | cuadrilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kwaˈð̞ɾiʝa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuadrilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cuadrilla is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwaˈð̞ɾiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,942 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 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 cuadrilla, with forms such as "caudrilla", "ccuadrilla", and "cuaddrilla". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cuadrillas", "cuadrícula", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cuadrilla, spelled C-U-A-D-R-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Reunión de personas para el desempeño de algunos oficios o para ciertos fines.
- 2Cada una de las compañías, distinguida de las demás por sus colores y divisas en ciertas fiestas públicas; como cañas, torneos, etc.
- 3Cualquiera de las cuatro partes de que se componía el Consejo de la Mesta, que eran las de Cuenca, Soria, Segovia y León.
- 4Grupo armado de la Santa Hermandad, para perseguir a los malhechores en despoblado.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: caudrilla,ccuadrilla,cuaddrilla,cuadirlla,cuadrila,cuadrilal,cuadrlila,cuadrrilla,cuardilla,cudarilla,ucadrilla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuadrilla - 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 “cuadrilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-A-D-R-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kwaˈð̞ɾiʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cuadrillas” - see the side-by-side comparison. cuadrilla vs cuadrillas
- 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.