acallar

/[akaˈʝaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,611

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

acallar is aSpanishverb. It means: Prevenir una discusión sobre un tema. Hacer callar. Pronounced [akaˈʝaɾ]. Often confused with acatar and avalar.

Key facts for acallar
PropertyValue
Headwordacallar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[akaˈʝaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,611
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acallar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akaˈʝaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,611 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prevenir una discusión sobre un tema. Hacer callar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for acallar, with forms such as "aacllar", "acalalr", and "acalar". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "acatar", "avalar", "asaltar", 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 acallar, spelled A-C-A-L-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prevenir una discusión sobre un tema. Hacer callar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aacllar,acalalr,acalar,acallarr,acallra,accallar,aclalar,caallar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acallar

Misspelling Variants of "acallar"

aacllar7acalalr7acalar6acallarr8acallra7accallar8aclalar7caallar7
Misspelling Variants of "acallar"

Frequency rank: #31,611 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acallar"?
"acallar" is spelled A-C-A-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [akaˈʝaɾ].
What does "acallar" mean?
As a verb, "acallar" means: Prevenir una discusión sobre un tema. Hacer callar.
What words are commonly confused with "acallar"?
"acallar" is commonly confused with "acatar", "avalar", "asaltar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acallar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acallar" is [akaˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acallar" come from?
"acallar" 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.