alcaldía

/[alkal̪ˈd̪ia]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,378

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

alcaldía is aSpanishnoun. It means: El cargo del alcalde. Pronounced [alkal̪ˈd̪ia]. It ranks #6,378 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with alcalina and Alcalá.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alcaldía in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alcaldía is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alkal̪ˈd̪ia]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,378 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for alcaldía, with forms such as "aclaldía", "alacldía", and "alcadlía". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "alcalina", "Alcalá", "alcalde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is alcaldía, spelled A-L-C-A-L-D-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alcaldía

Misspelling Variants of "alcaldía"

aclaldía8alacldía8alcadlía8alcaldaí8alcalddía9alcalldía9alcalída8alccaldía9
Misspelling Variants of "alcaldía"

Frequency rank: #6,378 in Spanish

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?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.