cállense
[ˈkaʝẽnse]
The verdict
“cállense” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,258 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,258
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo afirmativo de callarse (con el pronombre enclítico).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cállense |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkaʝẽnse] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cállense” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cállense is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,258 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkaʝẽnse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo afirmativo de callarse (con el pronombre enclítico).".
cállense doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cállense, spelled C-Á-L-L-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo afirmativo de callarse (con el pronombre enclítico).
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.
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Using “cállense”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Á-L-L-E-N-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaʝẽnse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.