kala
/ka.ˈla/
The verdict
“kala” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,693 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,693
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fuerte, fortaleza, castillo
Corpus desk
Index ES-kala · kala · Spanish
kala · rank #55,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,693
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH Jihad
Nearest frequency peer: Jihad (-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 “kala”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- izada
izada
44,315 corpus weight
- jerárquicos
jerárquicos
44,312 corpus weight
- Jihad
Jihad
44,310 corpus weight
- kala
kala
44,308 corpus weight
- kola
kola
44,305 corpus weight
- lacustre
lacustre
44,303 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “kala” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kala |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.ˈla/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kala” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kala is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,693 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ka.ˈla/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fuerte, fortaleza, castillo".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kala in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is kala, spelled K-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Fuerte, fortaleza, castillo
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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