cuarteles

/[kwaɾˈt̪eles]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,805

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

cuarteles is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de cuartel. Pronounced [kwaɾˈt̪eles]. Often confused with cuartel and cárceles.

Key facts for cuarteles
PropertyValue
Headwordcuarteles
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwaɾˈt̪eles]
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,805
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cuarteles is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwaɾˈt̪eles]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,805 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de cuartel.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuarteles, with forms such as "caurteles", "ccuarteles", and "cuaretles". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cuartel", "cárceles", "cárteles", 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 cuarteles, spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de cuartel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: caurteles,ccuarteles,cuaretles,cuarrteles,cuarteels,cuarteless,cuartelles,cuartelse,cuartlees,cuartteles,cuatreles,curateles,ucarteles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuarteles

Misspelling Variants of "cuarteles"

caurteles9ccuarteles10cuaretles9cuarrteles10cuarteels9cuarteless10cuartelles10cuartelse9
Misspelling Variants of "cuarteles"

Frequency rank: #14,805 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuarteles"?
"cuarteles" is spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaɾˈt̪eles].
What does "cuarteles" mean?
As a noun, "cuarteles" means: Forma del plural de cuartel.
What words are commonly confused with "cuarteles"?
"cuarteles" is commonly confused with "cuartel", "cárceles", "cárteles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuarteles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuarteles" is [kwaɾˈt̪eles]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuarteles" come from?
"cuarteles" 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.