califa
[kaˈlifa]
The verdict
“califa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,369
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monarca soberano de un califato y, para el islam, de la umma.
Corpus desk
Index ES-califa · califa · Spanish
califa · rank #30,369 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,369
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Cachemira
Nearest frequency peer: Cachemira (-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 “califa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- butacas
butacas
69,635 corpus weight
- Cachemira
Cachemira
69,633 corpus weight
- califa
califa
69,632 corpus weight
- caminatas
caminatas
69,631 corpus weight
- canten
canten
69,630 corpus weight
- casetas
casetas
69,629 corpus weight
What this shows “califa” 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 | califa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlifa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “califa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around califa (IPA [kaˈlifa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,369 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Monarca soberano de un califato y, para el islam, de la umma.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for califa, with forms such as "aclifa", "cailfa", and "calfia". 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, "clima", "calma", "calla", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 califa, spelled C-A-L-I-F-A.
Definition
- 1Monarca soberano de un califato y, para el islam, de la umma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how califa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Desde entonces, el califato que detentaban los Abbasíes fue ya una sombra. La independencia fue completa, cuando Abd al Rahmán III, en el año 929, se tituló califa y, por tanto, Príncipe de los creyentes y sucesor de Mahoma. El emirato quedó transformado en califato.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclifa
- cailfa
- calfia
- caliaf
- califfa
- callifa
- ccalifa
- claifa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of califa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).