acequia

/[aˈsekja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,924

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

acequia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Canal o zanja que lleva agua para el riego y para otros usos. Pronounced [aˈsekja]. Often confused with Arequipa and acequias.

Key facts for acequia
PropertyValue
Headwordacequia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈsekja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,924
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of acequia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acequia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈsekja]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,924 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for acequia, with forms such as "accequia", "aceqiua", and "aceqquia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Arequipa", "acequias", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is acequia, spelled A-C-E-Q-U-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Canal o zanja que lleva agua para el riego y para otros usos.
  2. 2
    Pequeño curso de agua.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: accequia,aceqiua,aceqquia,acequai,aceuqia,acqeuia,aecquia,asequia,caequia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acequia

Misspelling Variants of "acequia"

accequia8aceqiua7aceqquia8acequai7aceuqia7acqeuia7aecquia7asequia7
Misspelling Variants of "acequia"

Frequency rank: #37,924 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acequia"?
"acequia" is spelled A-C-E-Q-U-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈsekja].
What does "acequia" mean?
As a noun, "acequia" means: Canal o zanja que lleva agua para el riego y para otros usos.
What words are commonly confused with "acequia"?
"acequia" is commonly confused with "Arequipa", "acequias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acequia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acequia" is [aˈsekja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acequia" come from?
"acequia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.