calcografía
[kalkoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
The verdict
“calcografía” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Procedimiento de impresión que consiste en grabar un diseño en planchas o láminas de metal y luego estamparlo en papel u otros materiales absorbentes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calcografía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kalkoɣ̞ɾaˈfia] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calcografía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
calcografía is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kalkoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calcografía, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is calcografía, spelled C-A-L-C-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Procedimiento de impresión que consiste en grabar un diseño en planchas o láminas de metal y luego estamparlo en papel u otros materiales absorbentes.
- 2Cada una de las copias o estampas obtenidas mediante este procedimiento.
- 3Taller o local donde se realiza este procedimiento.
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.
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Using “calcografía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-L-C-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kalkoɣ̞ɾaˈfia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.