calima
[kaˈlima]
The verdict
“calima” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,222 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,222
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Niebla tenue causada por la presencia de pequeñas partículas en suspensión en la atmósfera.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calima · calima · Spanish
calima · rank #75,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,222
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cachetadas
Nearest frequency peer: cachetadas (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “calima”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cabelleras
cabelleras
24,783 corpus weight
- cabritos
cabritos
24,781 corpus weight
- cachetadas
cachetadas
24,780 corpus weight
- calima
calima
24,779 corpus weight
- calurosamen…
calurosamente
24,777 corpus weight
- camadas
camadas
24,776 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “calima” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlima] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “calima” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calima is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,222 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈlima]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Niebla tenue causada por la presencia de pequeñas partículas en suspensión en la atmósfera.".
No misspelling variants are generated for calima in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is calima, spelled C-A-L-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Niebla tenue causada por la presencia de pequeñas partículas en suspensión en la atmósfera.
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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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