caláis
[kaˈlajs]
The verdict
“caláis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de calar o de calarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calais · caláis · Spanish
caláis · 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 | caláis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈlajs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caláis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caláis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kaˈlajs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
caláis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is caláis, spelled C-A-L-Á-I-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de calar o de calarse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de caler.
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.