alcoba

/[alˈkoβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,430

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

alcoba is aSpanishnoun. It means: Habitación o pieza de una vivienda u hotel, destinada para dormir. Pronounced [alˈkoβ̞a]. Often confused with aloja and Alcorta.

Key facts for alcoba
PropertyValue
Headwordalcoba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alˈkoβ̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,430
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alcoba in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alcoba is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alˈkoβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,430 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for alcoba, with forms such as "acloba", "alcboa", and "alccoba". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "aloja", "Alcorta", "alba", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is alcoba, spelled A-L-C-O-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitación o pieza de una vivienda u hotel, destinada para dormir.
  2. 2
    Compartimiento para dormir en un tren u otro vehículo de pasajeros.
  3. 3
    Parte de la balanza y de la romana en que entra la aguja o fiel cuando se pone vertical al haber igualdad o equilibrio en los pesos comparados.
  4. 4
    Lugar público donde se hallaba la balanza o peso para uso colectivo.
  5. 5
    Red de pesca, de gran longitud, compuesta de una bolsa o copo y dos tiras para recuperar la red desde tierra por medio de largos cabos o cuerdas.
  6. 6
    Tertulia o coloquio (reunión para conversar y recrearse) que se hacía periódicamente en el palacio de los virreyes de México.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acloba,alcboa,alccoba,alcoab,alcobba,alcova,allcoba,alocba,lacoba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alcoba

Misspelling Variants of "alcoba"

acloba6alcboa6alccoba7alcoab6alcobba7alcova6allcoba7alocba6
Misspelling Variants of "alcoba"

Frequency rank: #34,430 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcoba"?
"alcoba" is spelled A-L-C-O-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈkoβ̞a].
What does "alcoba" mean?
As a noun, "alcoba" means: Habitación o pieza de una vivienda u hotel, destinada para dormir.
What words are commonly confused with "alcoba"?
"alcoba" is commonly confused with "aloja", "Alcorta", "alba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcoba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcoba" is [alˈkoβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcoba" come from?
"alcoba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.