callaba
[kaˈʝaβ̞a]
The verdict
“callaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,735 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,735
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de callar o de callarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-callaba · callaba · Spanish
callaba · rank #66,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,735
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caleidoscopio
Nearest frequency peer: caleidoscopio (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “callaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- caleidoscop…
caleidoscopio
33,267 corpus weight
- callaba
callaba
33,266 corpus weight
- cambiarios
cambiarios
33,265 corpus weight
- canalizados
canalizados
33,264 corpus weight
- cancelará
cancelará
33,263 corpus weight
- cancelas
cancelas
33,262 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “callaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | callaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈʝaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “callaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
callaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,735 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kaˈʝaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for callaba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is callaba, spelled C-A-L-L-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de callar o de callarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de callar o de callarse.
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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