calostro
[kaˈlost̪ɾo]
The verdict
“calostro” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Líquido secretado por las glándulas mamarias durante el embarazo y los primeros días después del parto, compuesto por inmunoglobulinas, agua, proteínas, grasas y carbohidratos en un líquido seroso ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-calostro · calostro · Spanish
calostro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | calostro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlost̪ɾo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “calostro” en español
Rare enough to double-check
calostro is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈlost̪ɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Líquido secretado por las glándulas mamarias durante el embarazo y los primeros días después del parto, compuesto por inmunoglobulinas, agua, proteínas, grasas y carbohidratos en un líquido seroso ...".
calostro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is calostro, spelled C-A-L-O-S-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1Líquido secretado por las glándulas mamarias durante el embarazo y los primeros días después del parto, compuesto por inmunoglobulinas, agua, proteínas, grasas y carbohidratos en un líquido seroso y amarillo.
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.