cálamo
[ˈkalamo]
The verdict
“cálamo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Es la parte inferior hueca de una pluma que conecta el raquis con las demás plumas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calamo · cálamo · Spanish
cálamo · 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 | cálamo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkalamo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cálamo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cálamo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkalamo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cálamo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cálamo, spelled C-Á-L-A-M-O.
Definition
- 1Es la parte inferior hueca de una pluma que conecta el raquis con las demás plumas.
- 2Pequeña caña o pluma, tallada en la punta, que se utilizaba en la antigüedad para escribir.
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.