alcalino
[alkaˈlino]
The verdict
“alcalino” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,760 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,760
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene álcali
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcalino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [alkaˈlino] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alcalino” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alcalino is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,760 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [alkaˈlino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcalino, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 alcalino, spelled A-L-C-A-L-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene álcali
- 2De álcali o que participa de él.
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); 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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Using “alcalino”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-A-L-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alkaˈlino] (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.