alambrera
[alãmˈbɾeɾa]
The verdict
“alambrera” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Especie de red o tejido de alambre que se pone en algunas ventanas y aberturas. Se usaron mucho en la Edad Media, principalmente para resguardar del granizo las viviendas de las iglesias.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alambrera · alambrera · Spanish
alambrera · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alambrera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alãmˈbɾeɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alambrera” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alambrera is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alãmˈbɾeɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
alambrera has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is alambrera, spelled A-L-A-M-B-R-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Especie de red o tejido de alambre que se pone en algunas ventanas y aberturas. Se usaron mucho en la Edad Media, principalmente para resguardar del granizo las viviendas de las iglesias.
- 2Cobertera de red de alambre, comúnmente de figura acampanada, que acostumbra a ponerse sobre los braseros encendidos.
- 3Cobertera de red de alambre muy espesa, utilizada para cubrir y preservar los manjares de las moscas y otros insectos.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.