calcedonia
[kalseˈð̞onja]
The verdict
“calcedonia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,573 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mineral de sílice (SiO2) de estructura microcristalina. Mezcla de cuarzo con moganita, mineral de igual fórmula química pero monoclínico, produciendo la mezcla los bandeados típicos de algunas de l...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calcedonia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kalseˈð̞onja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calcedonia” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
calcedonia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,573 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kalseˈð̞onja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mineral de sílice (SiO2) de estructura microcristalina. Mezcla de cuarzo con moganita, mineral de igual fórmula química pero monoclínico, produciendo la mezcla los bandeados típicos de algunas de l...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calcedonia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is calcedonia, spelled C-A-L-C-E-D-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Mineral de sílice (SiO2) de estructura microcristalina. Mezcla de cuarzo con moganita, mineral de igual fórmula química pero monoclínico, produciendo la mezcla los bandeados típicos de algunas de las variedades de calcedonia.
This word in other languages
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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Using “calcedonia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-L-C-E-D-O-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.