calló
[kaˈʝo]
The verdict
“calló” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,468) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #33,468
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de callar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-callo · calló · Spanish
calló · rank #33,468 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,468
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH calentito
Nearest frequency peer: calentito (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “calló”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cabreado
cabreado
66,536 corpus weight
- cachetada
cachetada
66,535 corpus weight
- calentito
calentito
66,534 corpus weight
- calló
calló
66,533 corpus weight
- canalización
canalización
66,532 corpus weight
- canallas
canallas
66,531 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “calló” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calló |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈʝo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #33,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “calló” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for calló is neighbouring look-alikes ("caso", "culo", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [kaˈʝo]. Frequency #33,468 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de callar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for calló, with forms such as "aclló", "calól", and "ccalló". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caso", "culo", "caro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 calló, spelled C-A-L-L-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de callar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclló
- calól
- ccalló
- claló
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calló - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calló", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "calló" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "caso". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #33,468 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.