Kaliningrado

[kalinĩŋˈgɾað̞o]

/[kalinĩŋˈgɾað̞o]/ name

The verdict

“Kaliningrado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,731 among 3,662 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,731
frequency rank, Spanish
3,662
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - :*Nombre oficial: 1 csem, ciudades: Ciudad, es un puerto de Rusia en el Mar Báltico, Capital de la provincia homónima, situada cerca de la desembocadura del río Pregolja, importante puerto de comun...

Key facts for Kaliningrado
PropertyValue
HeadwordKaliningrado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[kalinĩŋˈgɾað̞o]
Letters12
Frequency rank#64,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kaliningrado” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Kaliningrado lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kaliningrado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,731 among 3,662 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [kalinĩŋˈgɾað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: ":*Nombre oficial: 1 csem, ciudades: Ciudad, es un puerto de Rusia en el Mar Báltico, Capital de la provincia homónima, situada cerca de la desembocadura del río Pregolja, importante puerto de comun...".

Zero misspellings are on record for Kaliningrado in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Kaliningrado, spelled K-A-L-I-N-I-N-G-R-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    :*Nombre oficial: 1 csem, ciudades: Ciudad, es un puerto de Rusia en el Mar Báltico, Capital de la provincia homónima, situada cerca de la desembocadura del río Pregolja, importante puerto de comunicaciones unido al mar Báltico por un canal de 12 km de largo

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 "Kaliningrado"?
"Kaliningrado" is spelled K-A-L-I-N-I-N-G-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kalinĩŋˈgɾað̞o].
What does "Kaliningrado" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kaliningrado" means: :*Nombre oficial: 1 csem, ciudades: Ciudad, es un puerto de Rusia en el Mar Báltico, Capital de la provincia homónima, situada cerca de la desembocadura del río Pregolja, importante puerto de comun...
How do you pronounce "Kaliningrado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kaliningrado" is [kalinĩŋˈgɾað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kaliningrado" come from?
"Kaliningrado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Kaliningrado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is K-A-L-I-N-I-N-G-R-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kalinĩŋˈgɾað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list