cálido

[ˈkalið̞o]

/[ˈkalið̞o]/ adj

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The verdict

“cálido” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,795
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que da una sensación de calor, que comunica su calor o que está caliente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-calido · cálido · Spanish

cálido · rank #9,795 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,795
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuernos

Nearest frequency peer: cuernos (-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 “cálido”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cálido” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cálido vs caló
33% similar
cálido vs calvo
50% similar
cálido vs cáliz
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cálido
PropertyValue
Headwordcálido
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkalið̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,795
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cálido”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cálidocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cuernos” (#9,794), “decepcionado” (#9,796), “cuaderno” (#9,793). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cálido” va en #9,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cálido (IPA [ˈkalið̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,795 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cálido, with forms such as "ccálido", "cláido", and "cáildo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caló", "calvo", "cáliz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cálido, spelled C-Á-L-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que da una sensación de calor, que comunica su calor o que está caliente.
  2. 2
    Que proporciona una agradable sensación de amistad y comodidad.
  3. 3
    Que demuestra entusiasmo.
  4. 4
    Se dice del color, o mezcla de colores, en el que predominan los matices entre el amarillo y el rojo.
  5. 5
    Que recibe una sensación de calor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cálido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «En las oleadas de calor se origina un ascenso del aire cálido recalentado en el suelo y el consiguiente descenso del aire frío de los niveles altos, favoreciendo la formación de nubes de desarrollo que originarán tormentas».
  2. «Ya de vuelta del pasado fuego en el que Kunitz generosamente había ardido por su amada, quiso rescatar, a las puertas de la muerte, una pavesa del incendio que ella había provocado y alumbró esa súplica en demanda de una caricia, con cuyo cálido tacto él aspiraba a recordar, en efecto, quién era, pero, sobre todo, la razón misma de ese misterio erótico q…

Synonyms

calientecalurosoacogedorentusiasta

Antonyms

frío

This word in other languages

warm(English)chaud(Français)warm(Deutsch)cálido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccálido
  • cláido
  • cáildo
  • cáldio
  • cáliddo
  • cáliod
  • cállido
  • áclido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cálido - 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.

ccálido1cláido2cáildo2cáldio2cáliddo1cáliod2cállido1áclido2
Edit distance from "cálido"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cálido"?
"cálido" is spelled C-Á-L-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkalið̞o].
What does "cálido" mean?
As an adjective, "cálido" means: Que da una sensación de calor, que comunica su calor o que está caliente.
What words are commonly confused with "cálido"?
"cálido" is commonly confused with "caló", "calvo", "cáliz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cálido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cálido" is [ˈkalið̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cálido" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cálido", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

crack8 variantsEugenio8 variantsfallado8 variantsbicho8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list