calcañar
[kalkaˈɲaɾ]
The verdict
“calcañar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte posterior del pie, con la que se pisa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calcanar · calcañar · Spanish
calcañar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | calcañar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kalkaˈɲaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “calcañar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calcañar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kalkaˈɲaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parte posterior del pie, con la que se pisa.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calcañar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is calcañar, spelled C-A-L-C-A-Ñ-A-R.
Definition
- 1Parte posterior del pie, con la que se pisa.
Synonyms
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.