calafatear
[kalafat̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“calafatear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sellar con estopa y brea las juntas de madera en las embarcaciones para impermeabilizarlas, una de las últimas tareas a realizar en dique seco antes de la botadura.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calafatear · calafatear · Spanish
calafatear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | calafatear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kalafat̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “calafatear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calafatear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kalafat̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for calafatear, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is calafatear, spelled C-A-L-A-F-A-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sellar con estopa y brea las juntas de madera en las embarcaciones para impermeabilizarlas, una de las últimas tareas a realizar en dique seco antes de la botadura.
- 2Por extensión, tapar otras junturas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calafatear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sebastián encontró a su padre y a Evaristo examinando la barca. Estaba recién calafateada.
Synonyms
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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.