alarma
[aˈlaɾma]
The verdict
“alarma” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,850 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,850
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aviso o señal que se da en un ejército o plaza para que se prepare inmediatamente a la defensa o al combate.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “alarma” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alarma is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈlaɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,850 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Aviso o señal que se da en un ejército o plaza para que se prepare inmediatamente a la defensa o al combate.
- 2Convocación 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.
- 3Conmoción ocasionada por algún acontecimiento repentino y temeroso.
- 4Inquietud, susto o sobresalto causado por algún riesgo o mal que repentinamente amenace.
- 5Dispositivo sonoro que se activa en caso de emergencia o peligro.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “alarma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-A-R-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈlaɾma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alma” - see the side-by-side comparison. alarma vs alma
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.