calaca
[kaˈlaka]
The verdict
“calaca” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figura de una calavera o esqueleto (generalmente humano) usada comúnmente para decoración durante el festival de Día de Muertos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calaca · calaca · Spanish
calaca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calaca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlaka] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “calaca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calaca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈlaka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Figura de una calavera o esqueleto (generalmente humano) usada comúnmente para decoración durante el festival de Día de Muertos.".
No misspelling variants are generated for calaca in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is calaca, spelled C-A-L-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Figura de una calavera o esqueleto (generalmente humano) usada comúnmente para decoración durante el festival de Día de Muertos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.