calamar

[kalaˈmaɾ]

/[kalaˈmaɾ]/ noun

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The verdict

“calamar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,793
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-calamar · calamar · Spanish

calamar · rank #30,793 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,793
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cagamos

Nearest frequency peer: cagamos (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “calamar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “calamar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

calamar vs calma
71% similar
calamar vs clama
71% similar
calamar vs calar
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for calamar
PropertyValue
Headwordcalamar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kalaˈmaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,793
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “calamar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).calamarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cagamos” (#30,792), “calculando” (#30,794), “calmate” (#30,795). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “calamar” va en #30,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around calamar (IPA [kalaˈmaɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,793 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(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. 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

squid(English)calmar(Français)Kalmar(Deutsch)lula(Português)

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.

aclamar2caalmar2calaamr2calamarr1calammar1calamra2callamar1calmaar2
Edit distance from "calamar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calamar"?
"calamar" is spelled C-A-L-A-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kalaˈmaɾ].
What does "calamar" mean?
As a noun, "calamar" means: (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...
What words are commonly confused with "calamar"?
"calamar" is commonly confused with "calma", "clama", "calar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calamar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calamar" is [kalaˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calamar" come from?
"calamar" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calamar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cagamos#30,792calmate#30,795Buffalo#30,788cerezas#30,804

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chamba10 variantscomodín10 variantsconosco10 variantsaporten10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list