alcabalero
[alkaβ̞aˈleɾo]
The verdict
“alcabalero” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona responsable de administrar y cobrar las alcabalas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcabalero · alcabalero · Spanish
alcabalero · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcabalero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkaβ̞aˈleɾo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcabalero” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcabalero is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkaβ̞aˈleɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
alcabalero doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is alcabalero, spelled A-L-C-A-B-A-L-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Persona responsable de administrar y cobrar las alcabalas.
- 2Persona que tiene arrendadas las alcabalas de una provincia, ciudad o pueblo.
- 3Cobrador de impuestos, sean de alcabalas o no.
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.