calcáreo

/[kalˈkaɾeo]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#81,760

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

calcáreo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que contiene cal (óxido de calcio). Pronounced [kalˈkaɾeo].

Key facts for calcáreo
PropertyValue
Headwordcalcáreo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[kalˈkaɾeo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,760
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of calcáreo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for calcáreo is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kalˈkaɾeo]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,760 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for calcáreo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is calcáreo, spelled C-A-L-C-Á-R-E-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que contiene cal (óxido de calcio).
  2. 2
    Se dice de los suelos que se componen de carbonato de calcio, suelen ser pedregosos y de color más o menos blanco-amarillento. También se llaman suelos calizos porque proceden de la descomposición de la piedra caliza. Es la roca típica de las estalactitas y estalagmitas de las cuevas, aunque en el exterior puede adoptar formas diversas.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #81,760 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calcáreo"?
"calcáreo" is spelled C-A-L-C-Á-R-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kalˈkaɾeo].
What does "calcáreo" mean?
As an adj, "calcáreo" means: Que contiene cal (óxido de calcio).
How do you pronounce "calcáreo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calcáreo" is [kalˈkaɾeo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calcáreo" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.