alcaldía

[alkal̪ˈd̪ia]

/[alkal̪ˈd̪ia]/ noun

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The verdict

“alcaldía” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,378
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El cargo del alcalde.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alcaldia · alcaldía · Spanish

alcaldía · rank #6,378 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,378
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aislamiento

Nearest frequency peer: aislamiento (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “alcaldía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “alcaldía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alcaldía vs alcalina
75% similar
alcaldía vs Alcalá
50% similar
alcaldía vs alcalde
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alcaldía
PropertyValue
Headwordalcaldía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alkal̪ˈd̪ia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,378
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alcaldía”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.alcaldíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “aislamiento” (#6,377), “amarilla” (#6,379), “ahorita” (#6,376). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alcaldía” va en #6,378. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around alcaldía (IPA [alkal̪ˈd̪ia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,378 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for alcaldía, with forms such as "aclaldía", "alacldía", and "alcadlía". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "alcalina", "Alcalá", "alcalde", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is alcaldía, spelled A-L-C-A-L-D-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    El cargo del alcalde.
  2. 2
    El territorio bajo la jurisdicción del alcalde.
  3. 3
    Sede oficial de las instalaciones donde trabaja el alcalde.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclaldía
  • alacldía
  • alcadlía
  • alcaldaí
  • alcalddía
  • alcalldía
  • alcalída
  • alccaldía
  • alcladía
  • allcaldía
  • lacaldía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alcaldía - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aclaldía2alacldía2alcadlía2alcaldaí2alcalddía1alcalldía1alcalída2alccaldía1
Edit distance from "alcaldía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcaldía"?
"alcaldía" is spelled A-L-C-A-L-D-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alkal̪ˈd̪ia].
What does "alcaldía" mean?
As a noun, "alcaldía" means: El cargo del alcalde.
What words are commonly confused with "alcaldía"?
"alcaldía" is commonly confused with "alcalina", "Alcalá", "alcalde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcaldía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcaldía" is [alkal̪ˈd̪ia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcaldía" come from?
"alcaldía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alcaldía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

amarilla#6,379vuestras#6,371volvemos#6,370conectar#6,388

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

sanción11 variantsestarían11 variantsrecinto11 variantsorquesta11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list