Alcala
"alcala" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alcala” is uncommon English (frequency #79,241 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,241
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Spanish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alcala · Alcala · English
Alcala · rank #79,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,241
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Akhenaten
Nearest frequency peer: Akhenaten (-5 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Alcala”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- adoptee
adoptee
20,770 corpus weight
- affronted
affronted
20,769 corpus weight
- Akhenaten
Akhenaten
20,765 corpus weight
- Alcala
Alcala
20,760 corpus weight
- ambergris
ambergris
20,755 corpus weight
- ampersand
ampersand
20,753 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Alcala” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alcala |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Alcala” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Alcala is uncommon English at frequency #79,241 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Spanish.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Alcala, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”). The correct English form is Alcala, spelled A-L-C-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Spanish.
Etymology
From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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