calico
[ˈkælɪkoʊ]
The verdict
“calico” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,067 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,067
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calicó.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calico · calico · Spanish
calico · rank #96,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,067
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH calculadores
Nearest frequency peer: calculadores (-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 “calico”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cacofonía
cacofonía
3,937 corpus weight
- calabacines
calabacines
3,936 corpus weight
- calculadores
calculadores
3,935 corpus weight
- calico
calico
3,934 corpus weight
- californias
californias
3,932 corpus weight
- calizo
calizo
3,931 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “calico” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkælɪkoʊ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “calico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calico is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,067 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkælɪkoʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Calicó.".
calico has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is calico, spelled C-A-L-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Calicó.
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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