callar
[kaˈʝaɾ]
The verdict
“callar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,765 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,765
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - No emitir ningún sonido vocal, también por medio de la voz y por escrito.
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 | callar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈʝaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “callar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for callar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈʝaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,765 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for callar, with forms such as "acllar", "calalr", and "callarr". 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, "calle", "calor", "calma", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is callar, spelled C-A-L-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1No emitir ningún sonido vocal, también por medio de la voz y por escrito.
- 2Guardar algo en secreto; no decirlo.
- 3Dejar de llorar, cantar, gritar, tocar un instrumento, de meter bulla o ruido.
- 4Abstenerse de manifestar lo que se siente o se sabe.
- 5Dejar de emitir ciertos animales sus voces; como dejar de cantar un pájaro, de ladrar un perro, de croar una rana, etc.
- 6Dejar de hacer ruido el mar, el viento, un volcán, etc.
- 7Dejar de sonar un instrumento músico.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acllar,calalr,callarr,callra,ccallar,clalar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of callar - 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 “callar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-L-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈʝaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “calle” - see the side-by-side comparison. callar vs calle
- 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.