calvo
[ˈkalβ̞o]
The verdict
“calvo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,621
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Referido a una persona, con pocos o ningún pelo en la cabeza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-calvo · calvo · Spanish
calvo · rank #8,621 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,621
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cartón
Nearest frequency peer: cartón (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “calvo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- ba
ba
91,384 corpus weight
- blogs
blogs
91,383 corpus weight
- cabecera
cabecera
91,382 corpus weight
- calvo
calvo
91,380 corpus weight
- cartón
cartón
91,379 corpus weight
- ciega
ciega
91,377 corpus weight
What this shows “calvo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | calvo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkalβ̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “calvo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around calvo (IPA [ˈkalβ̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,621 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for calvo, with forms such as "aclvo", "calbo", and "callvo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is calvo, spelled C-A-L-V-O.
Definition
- 1Referido a una persona, con pocos o ningún pelo en la cabeza.
- 2Referido a un terreno, sin ninguna vegetación.
- 3En los paños o tejidos, que ha perdido el pelo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclvo
- calbo
- callvo
- calov
- calvvo
- cavlo
- ccalvo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calvo - 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 "calvo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).