calificarse
[kalifiˈkaɾse]
The verdict
“calificarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,125 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,125
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una persona: Demostrar o probar legalmente su nobleza
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calificarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kalifiˈkaɾse] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calificarse” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
calificarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,125 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kalifiˈkaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dicho de una persona: Demostrar o probar legalmente su nobleza".
No misspelling variants are generated for calificarse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is calificarse, spelled C-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona: Demostrar o probar legalmente su nobleza
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 “calificarse”
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-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kalifiˈkaɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.