caldea
[kal̪ˈd̪ea]
The verdict
“caldea” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,568 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,568
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de caldeo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caldea · caldea · Spanish
caldea · rank #72,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,568
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH camba
Nearest frequency peer: camba (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “caldea”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cabecitas
cabecitas
27,438 corpus weight
- cafres
cafres
27,436 corpus weight
- caldea
caldea
27,433 corpus weight
- camba
camba
27,432 corpus weight
- cameros
cameros
27,430 corpus weight
- Cancio
Cancio
27,428 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caldea” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caldea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kal̪ˈd̪ea] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caldea” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caldea is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,568 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kal̪ˈd̪ea]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de caldeo.".
caldea has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is caldea, spelled C-A-L-D-E-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de caldeo.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caldea", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.