caligrafía

[kaliɣ̞ɾaˈfia]

/[kaliɣ̞ɾaˈfia]/ noun

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The verdict

“caligrafía” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,540
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arte de escribir con letras o trazos refinados, según diversos estilos y principios estéticos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-caligrafia · caligrafía · Spanish

caligrafía · rank #25,540 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,540
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH bruscamente

Nearest frequency peer: bruscamente (-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 “caligrafía”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “caligrafía” 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
Key facts for caligrafía
PropertyValue
Headwordcaligrafía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaliɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,540
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “caligrafía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).caligrafíacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “bruscamente” (#25,539), “cambiantes” (#25,541), “brechas” (#25,538). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “caligrafía” va en #25,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around caligrafía (IPA [kaliɣ̞ɾaˈfia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,540 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for caligrafía, with forms such as "acligrafía", "cailgrafía", and "calgirafía". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is caligrafía, spelled C-A-L-I-G-R-A-F-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arte de escribir con letras o trazos refinados, según diversos estilos y principios estéticos.
  2. 2
    Rasgos de la escritura que son propios de una persona o de un documento manuscrito.

Synonyms

letra

This word in other languages

calligraphy(English)calligraphie(Français)Kalligraphie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acligrafía
  • cailgrafía
  • calgirafía
  • caligarfía
  • caliggrafía
  • caligrafaí
  • caligraffía
  • caligraífa
  • caligrfaía
  • caligrrafía
  • calirgafía
  • calligrafía
  • ccaligrafía
  • claigrafía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acligrafía2cailgrafía2calgirafía2caligarfía2caliggrafía1caligrafaí2caligraffía1caligraífa2
Edit distance from "caligrafía"

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 "caligrafía"?
"caligrafía" is spelled C-A-L-I-G-R-A-F-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaliɣ̞ɾaˈfia].
What does "caligrafía" mean?
As a noun, "caligrafía" means: Arte de escribir con letras o trazos refinados, según diversos estilos y principios estéticos.
What are common misspellings of "caligrafía"?
Common misspellings include "acligrafía", "cailgrafía", "calgirafía", "caligarfía", "caliggrafía". The correct spelling is "caligrafía".
How do you pronounce "caligrafía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caligrafía" is [kaliɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caligrafía" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cambiantes#25,541bloqueados#25,532arreglaron#25,524Cienfuegos#25,556

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

conducida14 variantsacercarte14 variantsvoladores14 variantsdefiniendo14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list