alcatraz
[alkaˈt̪ɾas]
The verdict
“alcatraz” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,187
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Sulidae) Ave de la familia de los súlidos. Son aves marinas que cazan a sus presas zambulléndose en el mar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcatraz · alcatraz · Spanish
alcatraz · rank #48,187 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #48,187
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alcanzas
Nearest frequency peer: alcanzas (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “alcatraz”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- aguardando
aguardando
51,819 corpus weight
- ahorrará
ahorrará
51,817 corpus weight
- alcanzas
alcanzas
51,815 corpus weight
- alcatraz
alcatraz
51,814 corpus weight
- alegación
alegación
51,813 corpus weight
- Alessandra
Alessandra
51,812 corpus weight
What this shows “alcatraz” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcatraz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkaˈt̪ɾas] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #48,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alcatraz”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around alcatraz (IPA [alkaˈt̪ɾas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,187 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for alcatraz, with forms such as "aclatraz", "alactraz", and "alcartaz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Alcaraz", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alcatraz, spelled A-L-C-A-T-R-A-Z.
Definition
- 1(Sulidae) Ave de la familia de los súlidos. Son aves marinas que cazan a sus presas zambulléndose en el mar.
- 2(Zantedeschia spp.) Flor falsa de las plantas del género Zantedeschia, originario de África, formada por una espata con foma de campana que rodea un espádice amarillo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclatraz
- alactraz
- alcartaz
- alcatarz
- alcatrazz
- alcatrraz
- alcatrza
- alcattraz
- alccatraz
- alctaraz
- allcatraz
- lacatraz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alcatraz - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alcatraz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).