calzoncillo

/[kalsõnˈsiʝo]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,935

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

calzoncillo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Prenda de ropa interior masculina, usada sobre la piel y bajo el pantalón u otra prenda, que cubre los genitales. Pronounced [kalsõnˈsiʝo].

Key facts for calzoncillo
PropertyValue
Headwordcalzoncillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kalsõnˈsiʝo]
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for calzoncillo is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kalsõnˈsiʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,935 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for calzoncillo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 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 calzoncillo, spelled C-A-L-Z-O-N-C-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prenda de ropa interior masculina, usada sobre la piel y bajo el pantalón u otra prenda, que cubre los genitales.
  2. 2
    Pantalones de hilo que solían vestir los gauchos debajo del chiripá, decorados a veces con cribos a media pierna.
  3. 3
    (Pionites melanocephala) Ave psitácida, natural de la cuenca del Amazonas. Muestra la cabeza negra, amarilla y anaranjada, el pecho blanco, y el lomo verde brillante; por su coloración se la conoce también como loro de siete colores, denominación que comparte con la estechamente emparentada P. leucogaster. Carece de dimorfismo sexual. Es una especie fácilmente domesticable, y se reproduce con facilidad en cautiverio.

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Frequency rank: #65,935 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calzoncillo"?
"calzoncillo" is spelled C-A-L-Z-O-N-C-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kalsõnˈsiʝo].
What does "calzoncillo" mean?
As a noun, "calzoncillo" means: Prenda de ropa interior masculina, usada sobre la piel y bajo el pantalón u otra prenda, que cubre los genitales.
How do you pronounce "calzoncillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calzoncillo" is [kalsõnˈsiʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calzoncillo" come from?
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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.