calamar
[kalaˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“calamar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #30,793 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,793
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Teuthidae) Molusco cefalópodo de la familia Teuthidae. Los individuos de este grupo se caracterizan por su cuerpo alargado con 10 tentáculos. Son animales marinos de hábitos carnívoros que se desp...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calamar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kalaˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calamar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for calamar is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kalaˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,793 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Teuthidae) Molusco cefalópodo de la familia Teuthidae. Los individuos de este grupo se caracterizan por su cuerpo alargado con 10 tentáculos. Son animales marinos de hábitos carnívoros que se desp...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for calamar, with forms such as "aclamar", "caalmar", and "calaamr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "calma", "clama", "calar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is calamar, spelled C-A-L-A-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1(Teuthidae) Molusco cefalópodo de la familia Teuthidae. Los individuos de este grupo se caracterizan por su cuerpo alargado con 10 tentáculos. Son animales marinos de hábitos carnívoros que se desplazan a propulsión, expeliendo una tinta que también puede servir como medio para desorientar a sus depredadores. Tienen muy desarrollada la capacidad de cambiar de color. Muchas de las especies de esta familia son comestibles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aclamar,caalmar,calaamr,calamarr,calammar,calamra,callamar,calmaar,ccalamar,claamar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calamar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “calamar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-L-A-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kalaˈmaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “calma” - see the side-by-side comparison. calamar vs calma
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.