reclamo
[reˈklamo]
The verdict
“reclamo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,584 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,584
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de manifestar la oposición, inconformidad o contradicción frente a algo que se considera injusto o con lo que no se está de acuerdo. Acción o efecto de reclamar (pedir o exigir algo con dere...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reclamo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈklamo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reclamo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for reclamo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈklamo]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,584 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for reclamo, with forms such as "erclamo", "rcelamo", and "recalmo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "relato", "relajo", "recluso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 reclamo, spelled R-E-C-L-A-M-O.
Definition
- 1Acción de manifestar la oposición, inconformidad o contradicción frente a algo que se considera injusto o con lo que no se está de acuerdo. Acción o efecto de reclamar (pedir o exigir algo con derecho).
- 2Ave amaestrada que se lleva a la caza para que atraiga a otras de su especie con su canto.
- 3Voz con que un ave llama a otra de su especie. .
- 4Instrumento para llamar a las aves en la caza imitando su voz.
- 5Sonido de este instrumento₃.
- 6Voz o grito con que se llama a una persona o animal.
- 7Signo o señal que se hace en textos escritos para llamar la atención de quien lee.
- 8Publicidad o propaganda de un artículo, producto, servicio o ideología.
- 9Cualquier cosa que atrae o convida.
- 10Palabra o sílaba que solía ponerse en lo impreso, al fin de cada plana, y era la misma con que había de empezar la plana siguiente.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erclamo,rcelamo,recalmo,recclamo,reclammo,reclaom,recllamo,reclmao,relcamo,rreclamo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reclamo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “reclamo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-C-L-A-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [reˈklamo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “relato” - see the side-by-side comparison. reclamo vs relato
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.