calcio
[ˈkalsjo]
The verdict
“calcio” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,531. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,531
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elemento químico perteneciente al grupo 2 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Se encuentra en el medio interno de los organismos como ion(ca) o formando parte de otras moléculas; en algunas ser...
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Index ES-calcio · calcio · Spanish
calcio · rank #11,531 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,531
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH biodiversidad
Nearest frequency peer: biodiversidad (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “calcio”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Ayala
Ayala
88,474 corpus weight
- biodiversid…
biodiversidad
88,471 corpus weight
- calcio
calcio
88,470 corpus weight
- calificacio…
calificaciones
88,469 corpus weight
- Callao
Callao
88,468 corpus weight
- carajos
carajos
88,467 corpus weight
What this shows “calcio” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calcio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkalsjo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “calcio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around calcio (IPA [ˈkalsjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,531 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Elemento químico perteneciente al grupo 2 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Se encuentra en el medio interno de los organismos como ion(ca) o formando parte de otras moléculas; en algunas ser...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for calcio, with forms such as "aclcio", "caclio", and "calccio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cali", "caló", "casco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is calcio, spelled C-A-L-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico perteneciente al grupo 2 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. Se encuentra en el medio interno de los organismos como ion(ca) o formando parte de otras moléculas; en algunas seres vivos se halla precipitado en forma de esqueleto interno o externo. Los iones de calcio actuan de cofactor en muchas reacciones enzimáticas, interviene en la gluconeogénesis, junto al K y NA regulan la contracción muscular. El porcentaje de calcio en los organismos es variable y depende de las especies, pero por término medio representa el 2,45% en el conjunto de los seres vivos; en los vegetales, solo representa el 0,007%.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclcio
- caclio
- calccio
- calcoi
- calico
- callcio
- calsio
- ccalcio
- clacio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calcio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).