recalcada
[rekalˈkað̞a]
The verdict
“recalcada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,214 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,214
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Balance o cabezada de un buque que continúa en el mismo sentido después de que ya se había anulado su velocidad, esto es, después de que el buque parecía alcanzar la amplitud máxima de su oscilació...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recalcada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [rekalˈkað̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “recalcada” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
recalcada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,214 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [rekalˈkað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Balance o cabezada de un buque que continúa en el mismo sentido después de que ya se había anulado su velocidad, esto es, después de que el buque parecía alcanzar la amplitud máxima de su oscilació...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for recalcada, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is recalcada, spelled R-E-C-A-L-C-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Balance o cabezada de un buque que continúa en el mismo sentido después de que ya se había anulado su velocidad, esto es, después de que el buque parecía alcanzar la amplitud máxima de su oscilación e iba a empezar su movimiento contrario.
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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Using “recalcada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-C-A-L-C-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.