calizas
[kaˈlisas]
The verdict
“calizas” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,101 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #39,101
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de calizo.
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 | calizas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaˈlisas] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calizas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for calizas is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈlisas]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,101 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de calizo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for calizas, with forms such as "aclizas", "cailzas", and "caliazs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "calza", "climas", "Callas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is calizas, spelled C-A-L-I-Z-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino plural de calizo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aclizas,cailzas,caliazs,calizass,calizsa,calizzas,callizas,calzias,ccalizas,claizas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calizas - 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.
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 “calizas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-L-I-Z-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈlisas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “calza” - see the side-by-side comparison. calizas vs calza
- 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.