caliente

/[kaˈljẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,196

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

caliente is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene una temperatura elevada. Pronounced [kaˈljẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #2,196 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cliente and carente.

Key facts for caliente
PropertyValue
Headwordcaliente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[kaˈljẽn̪t̪e]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,196
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caliente is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈljẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,196 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for caliente, with forms such as "acliente", "cailente", and "caleinte". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cliente", "carente", "clienta", 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 caliente, spelled C-A-L-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene una temperatura elevada.
  2. 2
    Dícese de un cuarto, una vestimenta, etc.: que acomoda y da calor.
  3. 3
    Dícese de una disputa, riña, batalla: vivo, acalorado.
  4. 4
    Afectado por la ira, el fastidio.
  5. 5
    Que posee un marcado apetito sexual.
  6. 6
    Sexualmente excitado.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acliente,cailente,caleinte,calienet,caliennte,calientte,calietne,calinete,calliente,ccaliente,claiente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caliente

Misspelling Variants of "caliente"

acliente8cailente8caleinte8calienet8caliennte9calientte9calietne8calinete8
Misspelling Variants of "caliente"

Frequency rank: #2,196 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caliente"?
"caliente" is spelled C-A-L-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈljẽn̪t̪e].
What does "caliente" mean?
As an adj, "caliente" means: Que tiene una temperatura elevada.
What words are commonly confused with "caliente"?
"caliente" is commonly confused with "cliente", "carente", "clienta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caliente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caliente" is [kaˈljẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caliente" come from?
"caliente" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.