call

/kɔːl/

//kɔːl// verb

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The verdict

“call” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,946) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,946
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Llamar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-call · call · Spanish

call · rank #9,946 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,946
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabrones

Nearest frequency peer: cabrones (-2 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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “call”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “call” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

call vs can
50% similar
call vs cap
50% similar
call vs col
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for call
PropertyValue
Headwordcall
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kɔːl/
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,946
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “call”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cabrones” (#9,944), “canon” (#9,948), “bro” (#9,943). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “call” va en #9,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for call is neighbouring look-alikes ("can", "cap", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /kɔːl/. Frequency #9,946 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for call, with forms such as "acll", "ccall", and "clal". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "can", "cap", "col", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is call, spelled C-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Llamar.
  2. 2
    Invocar.
  3. 3
    Convocar.
  4. 4
    Visitar.
  5. 5
    En juegos de cartas, apostar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how call appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them
  2. And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acll
  • ccall
  • clal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of call - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acll2ccall1clal2
Edit distance from "call"

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 "call"?
"call" is spelled C-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is /kɔːl/.
What does "call" mean?
As a verb, "call" means: Llamar.
What words are commonly confused with "call"?
"call" is commonly confused with "can", "cap", "col". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "call"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "call" is /kɔːl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "call" come from?
"call" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bell#9,941cera#9,952bang#9,938codo#9,958

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list