calentar
Letters
8 characters
Frequency Rank
#12,101
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
12
tracked variants
Confusables
11
similar word pairs
calentar is aSpanishverb. It means: Aumentar la temperatura de algo. Pronounced [kalẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with cantar and caleta.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calentar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kalẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for calentar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kalẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,101 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for calentar, with forms such as "aclentar", "caelntar", and "calenatr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cantar", "caleta", "calentó", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is calentar, spelled C-A-L-E-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Aumentar la temperatura de algo.
- 2Exaltar
- 3Provocar excitación sexual.
- 4Hacer ejercicios físicos antes de un entrenamiento o partido para desentumecer los músculos.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aclentar,caelntar,calenatr,calenntar,calentarr,calentra,calenttar,caletnar,callentar,calnetar,ccalentar,claentar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for calentar
Misspelling Variants of "calentar"
Frequency rank: #12,101 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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