calle

[ˈkaʝe]

/[ˈkaʝe]/ noun

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The verdict

“calle” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #443) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#443
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Camino urbano, especialmente el destinado al tránsito de vehículos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-calle · calle · Spanish

calle · rank #443 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #443
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH zona

Nearest frequency peer: zona (-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 “calle”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “calle” 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).

calle vs cole
60% similar
calle vs Carl
40% similar
calle vs case
60% similar

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

Key facts for calle
PropertyValue
Headwordcalle
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaʝe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#443
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “calle”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.callecae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “zona” (#442), “cara” (#444), “tuvo” (#441). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “calle” va en #443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for calle is neighbouring look-alikes ("cole", "Carl", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈkaʝe]. Frequency #443 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 11 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for calle, with forms such as "aclle", "calel", and "ccalle". 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, "cole", "Carl", "case", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is calle, spelled C-A-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Camino urbano, especialmente el destinado al tránsito de vehículos.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, espacio urbano abierto y no ajardinado, por oposición al interior de los edificios.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, libertad de circular y moverse libremente.
  4. 4
    Por metonimia, mayoría de la población.
  5. 5
    Camino flanqueado de hileras de árboles u otras cosas.
  6. 6
    Serie de casillas por las que una ficha puede desplazarse en ciertos juegos de tablero.
  7. 7
    Cada una de las franjas longitudinales en que se divide la pista y que corresponden respectivamente a cada competidor en las pruebas de velocidad.
  8. 8
    Fila o hilera de espacios en blanco que se forma accidentalmente en una página compuesta y produce un efecto visual desagradable.
  9. 9
    Tramo de una calle₁ entre una y otra esquina.
  10. 10
    Población que depende administrativamente de otra.
  11. 11
    Experiencia, habilidad o pericia adquirida en la calle o también adquirida de modo práctico.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how calle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ahora, en la esplendorosa Corte hay más de 1.700 'sin techo' y una tercera parte de ellos duerme en la calle.

Synonyms

rúagenteopinión públicapúblicosociedadvulgoalmantaentreliñovialandarivelcuadramanzana

Antonyms

prisión

This word in other languages

street(English)rue(Français)Straße(Deutsch)rua(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclle
  • calel
  • ccalle
  • clale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aclle2calel2ccalle1clale2
Edit distance from "calle"

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 "calle"?
"calle" is spelled C-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaʝe].
What does "calle" mean?
As a noun, "calle" means: Camino urbano, especialmente el destinado al tránsito de vehículos.
What words are commonly confused with "calle"?
"calle" is commonly confused with "cole", "Carl", "case". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calle" is [ˈkaʝe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calle" come from?
"calle" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

línea#445tomar#440sitio#439salud#438

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list