callejón sin salida
[kaʝeˈxõn sĩn saˈlið̞a]
The verdict
“callejón sin salida” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calle o callejuela cortada, con la misma entrada que salida.
Corpus desk
Index ES-callejon-sin-salida · callejón sin salida · Spanish
callejón sin salida · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | callejón sin salida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [kaʝeˈxõn sĩn saˈlið̞a] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “callejón sin salida” en español
Rare enough to double-check
callejón sin salida is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [kaʝeˈxõn sĩn saˈlið̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for callejón sin salida in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is callejón sin salida, spelled C-A-L-L-E-J-Ó-N- -S-I-N- -S-A-L-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Calle o callejuela cortada, con la misma entrada que salida.
- 2En sentido figurado, situación sin solución o salida.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.