alcantarillado

/[alkãn̪t̪aɾiˈʝað̞o]/ noun

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,733

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

alcantarillado is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sistema de estructuras y tuberías para recoger y conducir aguas, en particular las residuales y pluviales. Pronounced [alkãn̪t̪aɾiˈʝað̞o]. Often confused with alcantarillas and alcantarilla.

Key facts for alcantarillado
PropertyValue
Headwordalcantarillado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alkãn̪t̪aɾiˈʝað̞o]
Letters14
Frequency rank#18,733
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alcantarillado is 14 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alkãn̪t̪aɾiˈʝað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,733 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for alcantarillado, with forms such as "aclantarillado", "alacntarillado", and "alcanatrillado". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "alcantarillas", "alcantarilla", 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 alcantarillado, spelled A-L-C-A-N-T-A-R-I-L-L-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sistema de estructuras y tuberías para recoger y conducir aguas, en particular las residuales y pluviales.
  2. 2
    Grupo de alcantarillas o conductos de agua.
  3. 3
    Construcción u obra hecha con la forma de una alcantarilla.
  4. 4
    Acción o efecto de alcantarillar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclantarillado,alacntarillado,alcanatrillado,alcanntarillado,alcantairllado,alcantarilado,alcantarilaldo,alcantarilladdo,alcantarillaod,alcantarilldao,alcantarlilado,alcantarrillado,alcantraillado,alcanttarillado,alcatnarillado,alccantarillado,alcnatarillado,allcantarillado,lacantarillado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alcantarillado

Misspelling Variants of "alcantarillado"

aclantarillado14alacntarillado14alcanatrillado14alcanntarillado15alcantairllado14alcantarilado13alcantarilaldo14alcantarilladdo15
Misspelling Variants of "alcantarillado"

Frequency rank: #18,733 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcantarillado"?
"alcantarillado" is spelled A-L-C-A-N-T-A-R-I-L-L-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [alkãn̪t̪aɾiˈʝað̞o].
What does "alcantarillado" mean?
As a noun, "alcantarillado" means: Sistema de estructuras y tuberías para recoger y conducir aguas, en particular las residuales y pluviales.
What words are commonly confused with "alcantarillado"?
"alcantarillado" is commonly confused with "alcantarillas", "alcantarilla". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcantarillado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcantarillado" is [alkãn̪t̪aɾiˈʝað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcantarillado" come from?
"alcantarillado" 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.