kalimba
[kaˈlĩmba]
The verdict
“kalimba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,283 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,283
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Idiófono extendido por todo el continente africano y Latinoamérica. Tiene un juego de laminillas de diferente longitud y material, duras pero flexibles, como las de metal o de caña.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kalimba · kalimba · Spanish
kalimba · rank #94,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,283
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH kalle
Nearest frequency peer: kalle (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “kalimba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Jesusa
Jesusa
5,725 corpus weight
- jetas
jetas
5,724 corpus weight
- juramentados
juramentados
5,720 corpus weight
- kalimba
kalimba
5,718 corpus weight
- kalle
kalle
5,717 corpus weight
- kina
kina
5,712 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “kalimba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kalimba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlĩmba] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kalimba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kalimba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,283 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈlĩmba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Idiófono extendido por todo el continente africano y Latinoamérica. Tiene un juego de laminillas de diferente longitud y material, duras pero flexibles, como las de metal o de caña.".
No misspelling variants are generated for kalimba in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is kalimba, spelled K-A-L-I-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Idiófono extendido por todo el continente africano y Latinoamérica. Tiene un juego de laminillas de diferente longitud y material, duras pero flexibles, como las de metal o de caña.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kalimba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La kalimba se la considera objeto sagrado y se le atribuye el don de tender un puente con los antepasados.
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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