albercoque
[alβ̞eɾˈkoke]
The verdict
“albercoque” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Prunus armeniaca) Árbol frutal de la familia de las rosáceas. Alcanza 8 a 12 m de altura, con una copa densa; ls hojas son cordiformes, apicadas, de unos 8 cm de largo. Presenta flores blancas o r...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albercoque |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alβ̞eɾˈkoke] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “albercoque” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for albercoque is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alβ̞eɾˈkoke]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for albercoque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 albercoque, spelled A-L-B-E-R-C-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1(Prunus armeniaca) Árbol frutal de la familia de las rosáceas. Alcanza 8 a 12 m de altura, con una copa densa; ls hojas son cordiformes, apicadas, de unos 8 cm de largo. Presenta flores blancas o rosadas, que fructifican dando una drupa globosa, con un surco característico, de piel color naranja pálido y pulpa amarillenta.
- 2Fruto de este árbol, una drupa comestible de sabor dulce y aroma intenso.
- 3Por analogía, fruto de algunas variedades de Prunus domestica.
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.
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Using “albercoque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-B-E-R-C-O-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alβ̞eɾˈkoke] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.