alazor
[alaˈsoɾ]
The verdict
“alazor” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Carthamus tinctorius), planta herbácea, oleaginosa del género Carthamus de la familia Asteraceae y que, aunque originalmente era cultivada por sus flores usadas como colorante, hoy en día se culti...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alazor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alaˈsoɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alazor” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alazor is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alaˈsoɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
alazor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 alazor, spelled A-L-A-Z-O-R.
Definition
- 1(Carthamus tinctorius), planta herbácea, oleaginosa del género Carthamus de la familia Asteraceae y que, aunque originalmente era cultivada por sus flores usadas como colorante, hoy en día se cultiva principalmente por sus semillas, de las cuales se extrae un aceite comestible.
- 2(Carthamus lanatus), planta herbácea del género Carthamus en la familia Asteraceae. Es una planta anual, de 10 a 60 cm de altura (y hasta el doble en suelos sub-nitrófilos); con tallos erectos, muy ramificados - sobre todo en sus partes media y superior, y cubiertos de un abundante tomento lanudo blanco.
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.
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Using “alazor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-A-Z-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alaˈsoɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.