a horcajadas
[a oɾkaˈxað̞as]
The verdict
“a horcajadas” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Con la postura del que va a caballo, con la horcajadura sobre los lomos de la caballería, echando cada pierna por su lado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-a-horcajadas · a horcajadas · Spanish
a horcajadas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | a horcajadas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [a oɾkaˈxað̞as] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “a horcajadas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
a horcajadas is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [a oɾkaˈxað̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Con la postura del que va a caballo, con la horcajadura sobre los lomos de la caballería, echando cada pierna por su lado.".
a horcajadas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is a horcajadas, spelled A- -H-O-R-C-A-J-A-D-A-S.
Definition
- 1Con la postura del que va a caballo, con la horcajadura sobre los lomos de la caballería, echando cada pierna por su lado.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.