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“cadera” and “camera” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,198
“cadera” frequency rank
#40,688
“camera” frequency rank
53886
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cadera camera
Definition Proyecciones óseas del fémur y el tejido muscular y graso recubriente, que forman un ensanchamiento a ambos lados del cuerpo del humano donde las piernas se insertan en el tronco. Cámara.

Where the eye mixes cadera and camera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cadera
6 ch
camera

Look-alike desk: cadera vs camera

A purely visual mix-up. cadera ([kaˈð̞eɾa]) and camera (/ˈkæm.ə.ɹə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - d in “cadera” becomes m in “camera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cadera is recorded at frequency rank #13,198, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈð̞eɾa]. camera is at rank #40,688, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkæm.ə.ɹə/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 53886, this pair ranks #85,775 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cadera vs camera

Shared letters: acer. Private to "cadera": d. Private to "camera": m.

"cadera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "camera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caderaacdera · caddera · cadear · caderra · cadrea · caedra · ccadera · cdaera
  • cameraacmera · caemra · camear · camerra · cammera · camrea · ccamera · cmaera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cadera" and "camera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈð̞eɾa] versus /ˈkæm.ə.ɹə/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cadera" vs "camera" - which ranks higher?
"cadera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,198 in our Spanish list, against #40,688 for "camera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "cadera" and "camera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cadera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "camera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,775 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cadera" and "camera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "camera vs cederá". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #85,775 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list