caliza

/[kaˈlisa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,047

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

caliza is aSpanishnoun. It means: Roca sedimentaria porosa de origen químico, formada mineralógicamente por carbonatos, principalmente carbonato de calcio. Pronounced [kaˈlisa]. Often confused with caza and clima.

Key facts for caliza
PropertyValue
Headwordcaliza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈlisa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,047
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of caliza in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caliza is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈlisa]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,047 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Roca sedimentaria porosa de origen químico, formada mineralógicamente por carbonatos, principalmente carbonato de calcio.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for caliza, with forms such as "acliza", "cailza", and "caliaz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caza", "clima", "calma", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is caliza, spelled C-A-L-I-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roca sedimentaria porosa de origen químico, formada mineralógicamente por carbonatos, principalmente carbonato de calcio.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acliza,cailza,caliaz,calizza,calliza,calzia,ccaliza,claiza

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caliza

Misspelling Variants of "caliza"

acliza6cailza6caliaz6calizza7calliza7calzia6ccaliza7claiza6
Misspelling Variants of "caliza"

Frequency rank: #19,047 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caliza"?
"caliza" is spelled C-A-L-I-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈlisa].
What does "caliza" mean?
As a noun, "caliza" means: Roca sedimentaria porosa de origen químico, formada mineralógicamente por carbonatos, principalmente carbonato de calcio.
What words are commonly confused with "caliza"?
"caliza" is commonly confused with "caza", "clima", "calma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caliza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caliza" is [kaˈlisa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caliza" come from?
"caliza" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.