alcance

/[alˈkãnse]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,064

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

alcance is aSpanishnoun. It means: La acción y efecto de alcanzar al que se sigue. Pronounced [alˈkãnse]. It ranks #2,064 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with avance and alcanza.

Key facts for alcance
PropertyValue
Headwordalcance
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alˈkãnse]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,064
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alcance is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alˈkãnse]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,064 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 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 alcance, with forms such as "aclance", "alacnce", and "alcacne". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "avance", "alcanza", "alcanzó", 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 alcance, spelled A-L-C-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    La acción y efecto de alcanzar al que se sigue.
  2. 2
    La distancia a que llega el brazo por su natural disposición, o por el diferente movimiento o postura del cuerpo.
  3. 3
    La distancia a donde llega el tiro de las armas de fuego y arrojadizas.
  4. 4
    La distancia a donde alcanza un arma blanca.
  5. 5
    En las cuentas diferencia del cargo a la data.
  6. 6
    Capacidad, talento.
  7. 7
    Contusión con herida o sin ella, que se hace alguna caballería en los talones o en los pulpejos de las extremidades anteriores con la herradura de uno de sus miembros abdominales, o que la recibe de otra que va detrás de ella o a su lado.
  8. 8
    Correo extraordinario que sale para alcanzar al ordinario.
  9. 9
    En los periódicos, noticia importante recibida a última hora.
  10. 10
    Tratándose de obras del espíritu humano, trascendencia, resultado, consecuencia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclance,alacnce,alcacne,alcancce,alcanec,alcannce,alcanse,alccance,alcnace,allcance,lacance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alcance

Misspelling Variants of "alcance"

aclance7alacnce7alcacne7alcancce8alcanec7alcannce8alcanse7alccance8
Misspelling Variants of "alcance"

Frequency rank: #2,064 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcance"?
"alcance" is spelled A-L-C-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈkãnse].
What does "alcance" mean?
As a noun, "alcance" means: La acción y efecto de alcanzar al que se sigue.
What words are commonly confused with "alcance"?
"alcance" is commonly confused with "avance", "alcanza", "alcanzó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcance" is [alˈkãnse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcance" come from?
"alcance" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.