calificado
[kalifiˈkað̞o]
The verdict
“calificado” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,922 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,922
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de calificar.
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 | calificado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kalifiˈkað̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calificado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for calificado is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kalifiˈkað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,922 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de calificar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for calificado, with forms such as "aclificado", "cailficado", and "calfiicado". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "calificar", "califican", "codificado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is calificado, spelled C-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de calificar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aclificado,cailficado,calfiicado,califciado,califficado,califiacdo,calificaddo,calificaod,calificcado,calificdao,caliifcado,callificado,ccalificado,claificado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calificado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “calificado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kalifiˈkað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “calificar” - see the side-by-side comparison. calificado vs calificar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.