Alcantara

name

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"alcantara" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Alcantara” is uncommon English (frequency #55,898 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,898
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.

Corpus desk

Index EN-alcantara · Alcantara · English

Alcantara · rank #55,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,898
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH aldehyde

Nearest frequency peer: aldehyde (+1 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 “Alcantara”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Alcantara” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alcantara
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlcantara
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,898
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Alcantara” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Alcantarafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “aldehyde” (#55,899), “AIPAC” (#55,895), “allis” (#55,901). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Alcantara” is #55,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alcantara is uncommon English at frequency #55,898 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Alcantara in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Spanish Alcántara The correct English form is Alcantara, spelled A-L-C-A-N-T-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.
  2. 2
    A municipality of Spain
  3. 3
    A surname from Spanish

Etymology

Spanish Alcántara

This word in other languages

Alcántara(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Alcantara"?
"Alcantara" is spelled A-L-C-A-N-T-A-R-A.
What does "Alcantara" mean?
As a proper noun, "Alcantara" means: A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.
What is the origin of the word "Alcantara"?
Spanish Alcántara See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Alcantara", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abdulaziz#55,885zebrafish#55,876arthritic#55,923barbarity#55,939

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list