cuartel

/[kwaɾˈt̪el]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,709

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

cuartel is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lugar e instalaciones en los que se asienta un regimiento militar, durante la campaña o fuera de ésta. Pronounced [kwaɾˈt̪el]. It ranks #5,709 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cuarto and cuartos.

Key facts for cuartel
PropertyValue
Headwordcuartel
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwaɾˈt̪el]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,709
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuartel is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwaɾˈt̪el]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,709 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 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 cuartel, with forms such as "caurtel", "ccuartel", and "cuaretl". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cuarto", "cuartos", "cuarteto", 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 cuartel, spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lugar e instalaciones en los que se asienta un regimiento militar, durante la campaña o fuera de ésta.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de edificios que proporcionan alojamiento y otras facilidades a un regimiento.
  3. 3
    Tributo que solía pagarse para financiar estas instalaciones.
  4. 4
    Libertades y favores que se dan a un enemigo vencido.
  5. 5
    Sección resultante de dividir una unidad en cuatro partes iguales.
  6. 6
    Sección administrativa en que se dividen algunas ciudades.
  7. 7
    En general, sección o porción de terreno asignada a un propósito.
  8. 8
    Diseño de jardinería, con macizos de flores o hierbas marcando cuadros.
  9. 9
    Cada una de las secciones del emblema de un escudo que esté dividido en cuatro.
  10. 10
    Por extensión, cada una de las áreas en que se divide un escudo.
  11. 11
    Portezuela desmontable que se aplica a las escotillas y almenas de un buque para cerrarlas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: caurtel,ccuartel,cuaretl,cuarrtel,cuartell,cuartle,cuarttel,cuatrel,curatel,ucartel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuartel

Misspelling Variants of "cuartel"

caurtel7ccuartel8cuaretl7cuarrtel8cuartell8cuartle7cuarttel8cuatrel7
Misspelling Variants of "cuartel"

Frequency rank: #5,709 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuartel"?
"cuartel" is spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaɾˈt̪el].
What does "cuartel" mean?
As a noun, "cuartel" means: Lugar e instalaciones en los que se asienta un regimiento militar, durante la campaña o fuera de ésta.
What words are commonly confused with "cuartel"?
"cuartel" is commonly confused with "cuarto", "cuartos", "cuarteto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuartel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuartel" is [kwaɾˈt̪el]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuartel" come from?
"cuartel" 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.