ahorcada

[aoɾˈkað̞a]

/[aoɾˈkað̞a]/ participle

The verdict

“ahorcada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,632 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,632
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de ahorcado, participio de ahorcar.

Key facts for ahorcada
PropertyValue
Headwordahorcada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[aoɾˈkað̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ahorcada” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ahorcada lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ahorcada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,632 among 120,137 “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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Using “ahorcada”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-H-O-R-C-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [aoɾˈkað̞a] (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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list