alcancía

[alkãnˈsia]

/[alkãnˈsia]/ noun

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The verdict

“alcancía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,245 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,245
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recipiente de metal, cerámica, barro u otros materiales, utilizado para el ahorro de dinero, que cuenta con una ranura en la parte superior para introducir las monedas.

Key facts for alcancía
PropertyValue
Headwordalcancía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alkãnˈsia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “alcancía” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). alcancía lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alcancía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,245 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkãnˈsia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcancía, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is alcancía, spelled A-L-C-A-N-C-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recipiente de metal, cerámica, barro u otros materiales, utilizado para el ahorro de dinero, que cuenta con una ranura en la parte superior para introducir las monedas.
  2. 2
    Recipiente destinado a la recepción de donativos en instituciones de beneficencia o eclesiásticas.
  3. 3
    Cantidad de dinero que se ha reunido en ellas;
  4. 4
    Recipiente que se llenaba de alquitrán u otros productos inflamables que se encendía y se arrojaba a los enemigos.
  5. 5
    Bola de estopa o compuesto de fuego para quemar los navíos en el mar, de modo que no basta el agua para apagarla, antes bien la enciende más, y el modo común de ahogarla es echar encima una manta empapada en aceite.
  6. 6
    El padre de la mancebía.

Synonyms

huchacepillo

This word in other languages

money box(English)tirelire(Français)Spardose(Deutsch)

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 "alcancía"?
"alcancía" is spelled A-L-C-A-N-C-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alkãnˈsia].
What does "alcancía" mean?
As a noun, "alcancía" means: Recipiente de metal, cerámica, barro u otros materiales, utilizado para el ahorro de dinero, que cuenta con una ranura en la parte superior para introducir las monedas.
How do you pronounce "alcancía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcancía" is [alkãnˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcancía" come from?
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Using “alcancía”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-A-N-C-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [alkãnˈsia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list