alcázar
[alˈkasaɾ]
The verdict
“alcázar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,750
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fortaleza o palacio morisco construido en España durante la Edad Media.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcazar · alcázar · Spanish
alcázar · rank #16,750 · 10 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,750
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alcanzaba
Nearest frequency peer: alcanzaba (-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 “alcázar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- agrario
agrario
83,254 corpus weight
- ahogado
ahogado
83,253 corpus weight
- alcanzaba
alcanzaba
83,252 corpus weight
- alcázar
alcázar
83,251 corpus weight
- allanamiento
allanamiento
83,250 corpus weight
- Altera
Altera
83,249 corpus weight
What this shows “alcázar” 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 | alcázar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈkasaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alcázar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around alcázar (IPA [alˈkasaɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,750 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alcázar, with forms such as "aclázar", "alccázar", and "alczáar". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "alzar", "aplazar", "allanar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is alcázar, spelled A-L-C-Á-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Fortaleza o palacio morisco construido en España durante la Edad Media.
- 2Cualquier castillo o palacio fortificado.
- 3Casa real o habitación del príncipe, esté o no fortificada.
- 4Espacio que media, en la cubierta superior de los buques, desde el palo mayor hasta la popa o hasta la toldilla, si la hay.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclázar
- alccázar
- alczáar
- alcáazr
- alcázarr
- alcázra
- alcázzar
- allcázar
- aláczar
- lacázar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alcázar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "alcázar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).