alcarria

[alˈkarja]

/[alˈkarja]/ noun

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The verdict

“alcarria” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,861 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,861
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porción de tierra elevada usualmente llana y con poca hierba.

Key facts for alcarria
PropertyValue
Headwordalcarria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alˈkarja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “alcarria” 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). alcarria lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

alcarria is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,861 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈkarja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Porción de tierra elevada usualmente llana y con poca hierba.".

alcarria doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is alcarria, spelled A-L-C-A-R-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porción de tierra elevada usualmente llana y con poca hierba.

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 "alcarria"?
"alcarria" is spelled A-L-C-A-R-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈkarja].
What does "alcarria" mean?
As a noun, "alcarria" means: Porción de tierra elevada usualmente llana y con poca hierba.
How do you pronounce "alcarria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcarria" is [alˈkarja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcarria" come from?
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Using “alcarria”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-A-R-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [alˈkarja] (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