calla

[ˈkaʝa]

/[ˈkaʝa]/ verb

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The verdict

“calla” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,764) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#8,764
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de callar o de callarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-calla · calla · Spanish

calla · rank #8,764 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,764
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH calcula

Nearest frequency peer: calcula (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “calla”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “calla” 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).

calla vs casa
60% similar
calla vs cara
60% similar
calla vs cama
60% similar

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

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

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “calla”

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “calcula” (#8,763), “callar” (#8,765), “cajón” (#8,762). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “calla” va en #8,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for calla is neighbouring look-alikes ("casa", "cara", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈkaʝa]. Frequency #8,764 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for calla, with forms such as "aclla", "calal", and "ccalla". 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, "casa", "cara", "cama", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is calla, spelled C-A-L-L-A.

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

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

aclla2calal2ccalla1clala2
Edit distance from "calla"

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 "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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cajón#8,762camas#8,767ayudo#8,758casar#8,771

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list