alcarceña
[alkaɾˈseɲa]
The verdict
“alcarceña” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Vicia ervilia) Es una planta anual, ramificada y glabrescente que alcanza un tamaño de 20 a 40 cm de alto. Hierba erecta, con las hojas sin zarcillo o con zarcillo simple poco desarrollado, hojas ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcarcena · alcarceña · Spanish
alcarceña · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcarceña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkaɾˈseɲa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcarceña” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcarceña is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkaɾˈseɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
alcarceña doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alcarceña, spelled A-L-C-A-R-C-E-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1(Vicia ervilia) Es una planta anual, ramificada y glabrescente que alcanza un tamaño de 20 a 40 cm de alto. Hierba erecta, con las hojas sin zarcillo o con zarcillo simple poco desarrollado, hojas compuestas que tienen de 4 a 20 pares de folíolos oblongo-lineares mucronados, de 5-15 × 1-4 mm; las inflorescencias con 1-4 flores blanquecinas con estrías violáceas de 6 a 12 mm, florece de abril a junio. Las legumbres miden de 15-30 × 5-6 mm con de 2 a 4 semillas.
- 2Semilla o fruta de esta planta (1).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.