calla

/[ˈkaʝa]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,764

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

calla is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de callar o de callarse. Pronounced [ˈkaʝa]. It ranks #8,764 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with casa and cara.

Key facts for calla
PropertyValue
Headwordcalla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkaʝa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,764
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for calla is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,764 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for calla, with forms such as "aclla", "calal", and "ccalla". 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, "casa", "cara", "cama", 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 calla, spelled C-A-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de callar o de callarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de callar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclla,calal,ccalla,clala

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for calla

Misspelling Variants of "calla"

aclla5calal5ccalla6clala5
Misspelling Variants of "calla"

Frequency rank: #8,764 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calla"?
"calla" is spelled C-A-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaʝa].
What does "calla" mean?
As a verb, "calla" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de callar o de callarse.
What words are commonly confused with "calla"?
"calla" is commonly confused with "casa", "cara", "cama". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calla" is [ˈkaʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calla" come from?
"calla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.