callen

/[ˈkaʝẽn]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,963

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

callen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de callar o de callarse. Pronounced [ˈkaʝẽn]. Often confused with calme and casen.

Key facts for callen
PropertyValue
Headwordcallen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkaʝẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,963
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for callen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaʝẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,963 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for callen, with forms such as "acllen", "caleln", and "calen". 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, "calme", "casen", "calló", 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 callen, spelled C-A-L-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de callar o de callarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de callar o del imperativo negativo de callarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acllen,caleln,calen,callenn,callne,ccallen,clalen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for callen

Misspelling Variants of "callen"

acllen6caleln6calen5callenn7callne6ccallen7clalen6
Misspelling Variants of "callen"

Frequency rank: #36,963 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "callen"?
"callen" is spelled C-A-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaʝẽn].
What does "callen" mean?
As a verb, "callen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de callar o de callarse.
What words are commonly confused with "callen"?
"callen" is commonly confused with "calme", "casen", "calló". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "callen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "callen" is [ˈkaʝẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "callen" come from?
"callen" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.