calle

/[ˈkaʝe]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#443

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

calle is aSpanishnoun. It means: Camino urbano, especialmente el destinado al tránsito de vehículos. Pronounced [ˈkaʝe]. It ranks #443 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cole and Carl.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for calle is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaʝe]. Corpus data places it at rank #443 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for calle, with forms such as "aclle", "calel", and "ccalle". 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, "cole", "Carl", "case", 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 calle, spelled C-A-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclle,calel,ccalle,clale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for calle

Misspelling Variants of "calle"

aclle5calel5ccalle6clale5
Misspelling Variants of "calle"

Frequency rank: #443 in Spanish

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 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.