ahorcamiento
[aoɾkaˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“ahorcamiento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,046 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,046
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suspensión de una persona por una ligadura para producir la muerte o conmoción por caída del cuerpo desde el cuello
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ahorcamiento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aoɾkaˈmjẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ahorcamiento” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ahorcamiento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,046 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aoɾkaˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suspensión de una persona por una ligadura para producir la muerte o conmoción por caída del cuerpo desde el cuello".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ahorcamiento, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ahorcamiento, spelled A-H-O-R-C-A-M-I-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Suspensión de una persona por una ligadura para producir la muerte o conmoción por caída del cuerpo desde el cuello
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “ahorcamiento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-H-O-R-C-A-M-I-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aoɾkaˈmjẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.