calidad

/[kaliˈð̞að̞]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#652

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

calidad is aSpanishnoun. It means: Condición o propiedad de alguna cosa que la hace valiosa o apreciable. Pronounced [kaliˈð̞að̞]. It ranks #652 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cálido and caliza.

Key facts for calidad
PropertyValue
Headwordcalidad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaliˈð̞að̞]
Letters7
Frequency rank#652
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of calidad in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for calidad is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaliˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #652 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for calidad, with forms such as "aclidad", "caildad", and "caldiad". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "cálido", "caliza", "cuidad", 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 calidad, spelled C-A-L-I-D-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Condición o propiedad de alguna cosa que la hace valiosa o apreciable.
  2. 2
    Propiedad o condición que posee un objeto y que se distingue por su naturaleza, y no por grado como la cantidad.
  3. 3
    Aspecto o carácter en el que algo se presenta.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclidad,caildad,caldiad,caliadd,calidadd,calidda,caliddad,callidad,ccalidad,claidad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for calidad

Misspelling Variants of "calidad"

aclidad7caildad7caldiad7caliadd7calidadd8calidda7caliddad8callidad8
Misspelling Variants of "calidad"

Frequency rank: #652 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calidad"?
"calidad" is spelled C-A-L-I-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [kaliˈð̞að̞].
What does "calidad" mean?
As a noun, "calidad" means: Condición o propiedad de alguna cosa que la hace valiosa o apreciable.
What words are commonly confused with "calidad"?
"calidad" is commonly confused with "cálido", "caliza", "cuidad". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calidad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calidad" is [kaliˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calidad" come from?
"calidad" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.