colamos

[koˈlamos]

/[koˈlamos]/ verb

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The verdict

“colamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,021 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,021
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de colar o de colarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-colamos · colamos · Spanish

colamos · rank #95,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,021
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH coexiste

Nearest frequency peer: coexiste (-2 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “colamos”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “colamos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for colamos
PropertyValue
Headwordcolamos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koˈlamos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “colamos” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.colamoscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “coexiste” (#95,019), “coloques” (#95,023), “cocuyo” (#95,017). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “colamos” va en #95,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,021 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koˈlamos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for colamos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is colamos, spelled C-O-L-A-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de colar o de colarse.
  2. 2
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de colar o de colarse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colamos"?
"colamos" is spelled C-O-L-A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈlamos].
What does "colamos" mean?
As a verb, "colamos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de colar o de colarse.
How do you pronounce "colamos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colamos" is [koˈlamos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colamos" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colamos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cizalla#95,011choclos#95,004cesados#94,992cerbero#94,990

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list