alcazaba
[alkaˈsaβ̞a]
The verdict
“alcazaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,346 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,346
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recinto fortificado dentro de una población amurallada cuya función era servir de defensa militar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcazaba · alcazaba · Spanish
alcazaba · rank #51,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,346
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH albatros
Nearest frequency peer: albatros (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “alcazaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agradecí
agradecí
48,659 corpus weight
- ahogue
ahogue
48,658 corpus weight
- albatros
albatros
48,656 corpus weight
- alcazaba
alcazaba
48,655 corpus weight
- alegorías
alegorías
48,654 corpus weight
- allanaron
allanaron
48,652 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alcazaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcazaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkaˈsaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcazaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcazaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,346 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkaˈsaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recinto fortificado dentro de una población amurallada cuya función era servir de defensa militar.".
alcazaba has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alcazaba, spelled A-L-C-A-Z-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Recinto fortificado dentro de una población amurallada cuya función era servir de defensa militar.
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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