aceña
[aˈseɲa]
The verdict
“aceña” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Molino de harina movido por la corriente de un curso de agua junto al que se instala.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acena · aceña · Spanish
aceña · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | aceña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈseɲa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aceña” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aceña is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈseɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aceña, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is aceña, spelled A-C-E-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1Molino de harina movido por la corriente de un curso de agua junto al que se instala.
- 2Noria hidráulica para regar los sembradíos.
- 3(Typha spp.) Cualquiera de una quincena de especies de plantas herbáceas acuáticas emergentes, de distribución cosmopolita; son perennes, echando tallos verticales a partir de un rizoma, con hojas basales muy erectas envolviendo al tallo, y una característica inflorescencia terminal a modo de espiga cilíndrica de flores actinomorfas muy pequeñas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aceña appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—¿Qué diablos de ciudad, fortaleza o castillo dice vuesa merced, señor? —dijo Sancho—. ¿No echa de ver que aquellas son aceñas que están en el río, donde se muele el trigo?
Lo tercero, que el tal feudatario pueda hacer cualesquier molinos o aceñas para moler pan dentro del término del pueblo o pueblos que le fueren señalados, para que haya y lleve el tributo, y asimismo pueda hacer sierras para aserrar madera, y batanes.
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.