alcaucil
[alkawˈsil]
The verdict
“alcaucil” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus, sin. C. scolymus) Planta herbácea perenne de la familia de las asteráceas, oriunda de África, de tallo erecto y espinoso de hasta 2 m de altura, hojas lobuladas, ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcaucil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkawˈsil] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alcaucil” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alcaucil is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkawˈsil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcaucil, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 alcaucil, spelled A-L-C-A-U-C-I-L.
Definition
- 1(Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus, sin. C. scolymus) Planta herbácea perenne de la familia de las asteráceas, oriunda de África, de tallo erecto y espinoso de hasta 2 m de altura, hojas lobuladas, plateadas, glaucas, e inflorescencia terminal en capítulo globoso, cuyo capullo es comestible. Se aprecia en gastronomía y en medicina como tónico hepático y colagogo
- 2Capullo comestible de la inflorescencia del alcaucil₁, de la que se consume la base de los involucros y el clinanto.
- 3Soplón, delator, buchón.
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.
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Using “alcaucil”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-A-U-C-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alkawˈsil] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.