alarma

Name: alarma, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[aˈlaɾma]

/[aˈlaɾma]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“alarma” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,850. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,850
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aviso o señal que se da en un ejército o plaza para que se prepare inmediatamente a la defensa o al combate.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alarma · alarma · Spanish

alarma · rank #4,850 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,850
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH adoptar

Nearest frequency peer: adoptar (-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.

aclarar

95,154
adopción

95,153
adoptar

95,152
alarma

95,151
alegro

95,150
almas

95,149

What this shows “alarma” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alarma vs alma

67% similar

alarma vs arma

67% similar

alarma vs Amara

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alarma
Property	Value
Headword	alarma
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[aˈlaɾma]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#4,850
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alarma”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).alarmacae aquí:

#4,850

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “adoptar” (#4,849), “alegro” (#4,851), “adopción” (#4,848). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alarma” va en #4,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around alarma (IPA [aˈlaɾma]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,850 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for alarma, with forms such as "aalrma", "alamra", and "alaram". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "alma", "arma", "Amara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is alarma, spelled A-L-A-R-M-A.

Definition

1
Aviso o señal que se da en un ejército o plaza para que se prepare inmediatamente a la defensa o al combate.
2
Convocación de los vecinos de uno o más pueblos, hecha por medio de campana, tambor, almenara u otra señal, con el fin de defenderse cuando sobreviene un peligro.
3
Conmoción ocasionada por algún acontecimiento repentino y temeroso.
4
Inquietud, susto o sobresalto causado por algún riesgo o mal que repentinamente amenace.
5
Dispositivo sonoro que se activa en caso de emergencia o peligro.

Synonyms

rebato rebato

This word in other languages

alarm(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aalrma
alamra
alaram
alarmma
alarrma
allarma
alrama
laarma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alarma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "alarma"

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 "alarma"?

"alarma" is spelled A-L-A-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈlaɾma].

What does "alarma" mean?

As a noun, "alarma" means: Aviso o señal que se da en un ejército o plaza para que se prepare inmediatamente a la defensa o al combate.

What words are commonly confused with "alarma"?

"alarma" is commonly confused with "alma", "arma", "Amara". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "alarma"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alarma" is [aˈlaɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "alarma" come from?

"alarma" 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 "alarma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alegro#4,851 útiles#4,846 asalto#4,856 ultima#4,843

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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