alcabala
[alkaˈβ̞ala]
The verdict
“alcabala” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,221 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,221
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impuesto a la venta o a la permuta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcabala · alcabala · Spanish
alcabala · rank #74,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,221
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ahorrador
Nearest frequency peer: ahorrador (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “alcabala”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agobian
agobian
25,784 corpus weight
- agrupaban
agrupaban
25,783 corpus weight
- ahorrador
ahorrador
25,781 corpus weight
- alcabala
alcabala
25,780 corpus weight
- alcor
alcor
25,778 corpus weight
- alcornoque
alcornoque
25,777 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alcabala” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcabala |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkaˈβ̞ala] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcabala” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcabala is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,221 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkaˈβ̞ala]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcabala, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is alcabala, spelled A-L-C-A-B-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Impuesto a la venta o a la permuta.
- 2Caseta de policía que se instala a la entrada o salida de las ciudades vía carretera.
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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