calidad
[kaliˈð̞að̞]
The verdict
“calidad” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #652
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condición o propiedad de alguna cosa que la hace valiosa o apreciable.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calidad · calidad · Spanish
calidad · rank #652 · 10 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #652
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH vivo
Nearest frequency peer: vivo (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “calidad”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- usar
usar
99,352 corpus weight
- valor
valor
99,351 corpus weight
- vivo
vivo
99,350 corpus weight
- calidad
calidad
99,349 corpus weight
- causa
causa
99,348 corpus weight
- central
central
99,347 corpus weight
What this shows “calidad” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calidad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaliˈð̞að̞] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “calidad”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around calidad (IPA [kaliˈð̞að̞]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #652 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for calidad, with forms such as "aclidad", "caildad", and "caldiad". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is calidad, spelled C-A-L-I-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Condición o propiedad de alguna cosa que la hace valiosa o apreciable.
- 2Propiedad o condición que posee un objeto y que se distingue por su naturaleza, y no por grado como la cantidad.
- 3Aspecto o carácter en el que algo se presenta.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calidad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Osuna declarará en calidad de representante legal del PSOE
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclidad
- caildad
- caldiad
- caliadd
- calidadd
- calidda
- caliddad
- callidad
- ccalidad
- claidad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calidad - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calidad", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).