ahorcada

[aoɾˈkað̞a]

/[aoɾˈkað̞a]/ participle

The verdict

“ahorcada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,632 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,632
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de ahorcado, participio de ahorcar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ahorcada · ahorcada · Spanish

ahorcada · rank #92,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,632
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ahem

Nearest frequency peer: ahem (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ahorcada”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ahorcada” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ahorcada
PropertyValue
Headwordahorcada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[aoɾˈkað̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “ahorcada” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).ahorcadacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “ahem” (#92,631), “ahoy” (#92,633), “airado” (#92,634). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “ahorcada” va en #92,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ahorcada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,632 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [aoɾˈkað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de ahorcado, participio de ahorcar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ahorcada, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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. The correct Spanish form is ahorcada, spelled A-H-O-R-C-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de ahorcado, participio de ahorcar.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ahorcada"?
"ahorcada" is spelled A-H-O-R-C-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aoɾˈkað̞a].
What does "ahorcada" mean?
As a participle, "ahorcada" means: Forma del femenino de ahorcado, participio de ahorcar.
How do you pronounce "ahorcada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ahorcada" is [aoɾˈkað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ahorcada" come from?
"ahorcada" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list