calambre
[kaˈlãmbɾe]
The verdict
“calambre” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #46,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,392
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espasmo muscular involuntario y pasajero que generalmente causa dolor o molestias.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calambre · calambre · Spanish
calambre · rank #46,392 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,392
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH calibres
Nearest frequency peer: calibres (+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 “calambre”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- búfalos
búfalos
53,614 corpus weight
- búscalo
búscalo
53,613 corpus weight
- calambre
calambre
53,609 corpus weight
- calibres
calibres
53,608 corpus weight
- callaron
callaron
53,607 corpus weight
- cambiarían
cambiarían
53,606 corpus weight
What this shows “calambre” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | calambre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlãmbɾe] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “calambre”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around calambre (IPA [kaˈlãmbɾe]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,392 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for calambre, with forms such as "aclambre", "caalmbre", and "calabmre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "calambres", "calamar", "calamares", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is calambre, spelled C-A-L-A-M-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Espasmo muscular involuntario y pasajero que generalmente causa dolor o molestias.
- 2Circulación de corriente eléctrica de baja intensidad por el cuerpo de una persona.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calambre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Morfi entró en la laguna después de las larguísimas horas en la zanja y sufrió un calambre. Las piernas, agotadas, no le respondieron y comenzó a hundirse en la mierda: trataba de asirse inútilmente a un apoyo que no existía; gritó a sus compañeros más cercanos para que lo auxiliaran. Los más próximos intentaron ayudarlo, pero los guardias, iracundos, ar…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclambre
- caalmbre
- calabmre
- calambbre
- calamber
- calambrre
- calammbre
- calamrbe
- calamvre
- callambre
- calmabre
- ccalambre
- claambre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calambre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).