radicales

/[rað̞iˈkales]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,776

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

radicales is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de radical. Pronounced [rað̞iˈkales]. It ranks #5,776 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with radical and raciales.

Key facts for radicales
PropertyValue
Headwordradicales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[rað̞iˈkales]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,776
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for radicales is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rað̞iˈkales]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,776 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de radical.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for radicales, with forms such as "ardicales", "radciales", and "raddicales". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "radical", "raciales", "radiales", 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 radicales, spelled R-A-D-I-C-A-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 radical.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ardicales,radciales,raddicales,radiacles,radicaels,radicaless,radicalles,radicalse,radiccales,radiclaes,raidcales,rdaicales,rradicales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for radicales

Misspelling Variants of "radicales"

ardicales9radciales9raddicales10radiacles9radicaels9radicaless10radicalles10radicalse9
Misspelling Variants of "radicales"

Frequency rank: #5,776 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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