cálices
[ˈkalises]
The verdict
“cálices” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,640 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,640
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de cáliz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calices · cálices · Spanish
cálices · rank #72,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,640
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH culiado
Nearest frequency peer: culiado (-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 “cálices”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- crujía
crujía
27,366 corpus weight
- críptico
críptico
27,365 corpus weight
- culazo
culazo
27,363 corpus weight
- culiado
culiado
27,362 corpus weight
- cálices
cálices
27,361 corpus weight
- cónicos
cónicos
27,359 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cálices” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cálices |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkalises] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cálices” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cálices is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,640 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkalises]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de cáliz.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cálices in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cálices, spelled C-Á-L-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de cáliz.
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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