alcazaba
[alkaˈsaβ̞a]
The verdict
“alcazaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,346 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,346
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recinto fortificado dentro de una población amurallada cuya función era servir de defensa militar.
| 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) |
Where “alcazaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alcazaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,346 among 120,137 “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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Using “alcazaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-A-Z-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alkaˈsaβ̞a] (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.