calcedonia
[kalseˈð̞onja]
The verdict
“calcedonia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,573 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-calcedonia · calcedonia · Spanish
calcedonia · rank #85,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,573
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cagona
Nearest frequency peer: cagona (-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 “calcedonia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- buscarás
buscarás
14,432 corpus weight
- cacatúa
cacatúa
14,431 corpus weight
- cagona
cagona
14,429 corpus weight
- calcedonia
calcedonia
14,428 corpus weight
- cambiarás
cambiarás
14,424 corpus weight
- camotes
camotes
14,422 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “calcedonia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “calcedonia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calcedonia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,573 among 8,288 “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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