callar

/[kaˈʝaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,765

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

callar is aSpanishverb. It means: No emitir ningún sonido vocal, también por medio de la voz y por escrito. Pronounced [kaˈʝaɾ]. It ranks #8,765 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with calle and calor.

Key facts for callar
PropertyValue
Headwordcallar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kaˈʝaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,765
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for callar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for callar, with forms such as "acllar", "calalr", and "callarr". 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, "calle", "calor", "calma", 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 callar, spelled C-A-L-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    No emitir ningún sonido vocal, también por medio de la voz y por escrito.
  2. 2
    Guardar algo en secreto; no decirlo.
  3. 3
    Dejar de llorar, cantar, gritar, tocar un instrumento, de meter bulla o ruido.
  4. 4
    Abstenerse de manifestar lo que se siente o se sabe.
  5. 5
    Dejar de emitir ciertos animales sus voces; como dejar de cantar un pájaro, de ladrar un perro, de croar una rana, etc.
  6. 6
    Dejar de hacer ruido el mar, el viento, un volcán, etc.
  7. 7
    Dejar 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for callar

Misspelling Variants of "callar"

acllar6calalr6callarr7callra6ccallar7clalar6
Misspelling Variants of "callar"

Frequency rank: #8,765 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "callar"?
"callar" is spelled C-A-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈʝaɾ].
What does "callar" mean?
As a verb, "callar" means: No emitir ningún sonido vocal, también por medio de la voz y por escrito.
What words are commonly confused with "callar"?
"callar" is commonly confused with "calle", "calor", "calma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "callar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "callar" is [kaˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "callar" come from?
"callar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.