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 May 6, 2026) - Molino de harina movido por la corriente de un curso de agua junto al que se instala.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aceña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈseɲa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aceña” sits in Spanish frequency
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.
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.
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Using “aceña”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-E-Ñ-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈseɲa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.