reclamo

/[reˈklamo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,584

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

reclamo is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [reˈklamo]. It ranks #6,584 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with relato and relajo.

Key facts for reclamo
PropertyValue
Headwordreclamo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈklamo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,584
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of reclamo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reclamo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for reclamo, with forms such as "erclamo", "rcelamo", and "recalmo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is reclamo, spelled R-E-C-L-A-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 derecho).
  2. 2
    Ave amaestrada que se lleva a la caza para que atraiga a otras de su especie con su canto.
  3. 3
    Voz con que un ave llama a otra de su especie. .
  4. 4
    Instrumento para llamar a las aves en la caza imitando su voz.
  5. 5
    Sonido de este instrumento₃.
  6. 6
    Voz o grito con que se llama a una persona o animal.
  7. 7
    Signo o señal que se hace en textos escritos para llamar la atención de quien lee.
  8. 8
    Publicidad o propaganda de un artículo, producto, servicio o ideología.
  9. 9
    Cualquier cosa que atrae o convida.
  10. 10
    Palabra 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reclamo

Misspelling Variants of "reclamo"

erclamo7rcelamo7recalmo7recclamo8reclammo8reclaom7recllamo8reclmao7
Misspelling Variants of "reclamo"

Frequency rank: #6,584 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reclamo"?
"reclamo" is spelled R-E-C-L-A-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈklamo].
What does "reclamo" mean?
As a noun, "reclamo" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "reclamo"?
"reclamo" is commonly confused with "relato", "relajo", "recluso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reclamo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reclamo" is [reˈklamo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reclamo" come from?
"reclamo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.