alambique
[alãmˈbike]
The verdict
“alambique” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,652 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,652
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aparato para destilar líquidos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alambique · alambique · Spanish
alambique · rank #81,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,652
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH agudizan
Nearest frequency peer: agudizan (-2 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 “alambique”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agravadas
agravadas
18,353 corpus weight
- aguardamos
aguardamos
18,352 corpus weight
- agudizan
agudizan
18,351 corpus weight
- alambique
alambique
18,349 corpus weight
- Alatorre
Alatorre
18,347 corpus weight
- alegrarán
alegrarán
18,346 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alambique” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alambique |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alãmˈbike] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alambique” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alambique is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,652 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alãmˈbike]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aparato para destilar líquidos.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alambique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is alambique, spelled A-L-A-M-B-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Aparato para destilar líquidos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alambique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un alambique solar puede resultar de gran utilidad para obtener agua dulce.
Synonyms
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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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