troglodita
[t̪ɾoɣ̞loˈð̞it̪a]
The verdict
“troglodita” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #75,954 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #75,954
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que habita en cavernas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | troglodita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪ɾoɣ̞loˈð̞it̪a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “troglodita” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for troglodita is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾoɣ̞loˈð̞it̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,954 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.
Zero misspellings are on record for troglodita in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is troglodita, spelled T-R-O-G-L-O-D-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Que habita en cavernas.
- 2Miembro de un pueblo legendario que el historiador griego Herodoto situó en el norte de África. Los describió como un pueblo que habitaba en cavernas, no eran capaces de hablar y se alimentaba de serpientes.
- 3Estereotipo del hombre prehistórico que se suponía que habitaba en cuevas y que normalmente tenía una conducta brutal.
- 4Persona de comportamiento bárbaro y tosco.
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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 “troglodita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-O-G-L-O-D-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ɾoɣ̞loˈð̞it̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.