calan
[ˈkalãn]
The verdict
“calan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,184 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,184
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de calar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calan · calan · Spanish
calan · rank #69,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,184
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caeremos
Nearest frequency peer: caeremos (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “calan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bundle
bundle
30,824 corpus weight
- cabreados
cabreados
30,820 corpus weight
- cabronas
cabronas
30,819 corpus weight
- caeremos
caeremos
30,818 corpus weight
- calan
calan
30,817 corpus weight
- cannot
cannot
30,812 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “calan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkalãn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “calan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,184 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkalãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for calan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is calan, spelled C-A-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de calar.
- 2Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de caler.
- 3Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de caler.
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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