alcohol

[alkoˈol]

/[alkoˈol]/ noun

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The verdict

“alcohol” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,326. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,326
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cualquiera de los hidrocarburos saturados o alcanos que contienen un grupo hidróxilo (-OH) en sustitución de un átomo de hidrógeno enlazado de forma covalente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alcohol · alcohol · Spanish

alcohol · rank #2,326 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,326
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH actuación

Nearest frequency peer: actuación (-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 “alcohol”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “alcohol” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alcohol vs alcoholes
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alcohol
PropertyValue
Headwordalcohol
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alkoˈol]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,326
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alcohol”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.alcoholcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “actuación” (#2,325), “altas” (#2,327), “vosotros” (#2,324). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alcohol” va en #2,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around alcohol (IPA [alkoˈol]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,326 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 alcohol, with forms such as "aclohol", "alccohol", and "alchool". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alcoholes", 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. The correct Spanish form is alcohol, spelled A-L-C-O-H-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquiera de los hidrocarburos saturados o alcanos que contienen un grupo hidróxilo (-OH) en sustitución de un átomo de hidrógeno enlazado de forma covalente.
  2. 2
    Por antonomasia, aquel que se presenta en forma líquida, siendo incoloro, diáfano, inflamable y de olor fuerte, que obtenido tradicionalmente por fermentación de azúcares es el componente distintivo de las bebidas alcohólicas.
  3. 3
    Bebida cualquiera que contiene este producto.
  4. 4
    Polvo negro, obtenido del hollín u otra sustancia, utilizado como maquillaje para ojos y cejas en buena parte del Medio y Lejano Oriente.

Synonyms

alcohol etílicoetanolkajalkohl

This word in other languages

alcohol(English)alcool(Français)Alkohol(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclohol
  • alccohol
  • alchool
  • alcohhol
  • alcohlo
  • alcoholl
  • alcoohl
  • allcohol
  • alochol
  • lacohol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alcohol - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aclohol2alccohol1alchool2alcohhol1alcohlo2alcoholl1alcoohl2allcohol1
Edit distance from "alcohol"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcohol"?
"alcohol" is spelled A-L-C-O-H-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [alkoˈol].
What does "alcohol" mean?
As a noun, "alcohol" means: Cualquiera de los hidrocarburos saturados o alcanos que contienen un grupo hidróxilo (-OH) en sustitución de un átomo de hidrógeno enlazado de forma covalente.
What words are commonly confused with "alcohol"?
"alcohol" is commonly confused with "alcoholes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcohol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcohol" is [alkoˈol]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcohol" come from?
"alcohol" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alcohol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caballo#2,330vestido#2,322décadas#2,338maneras#2,302

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

virgen10 variantslímites10 variantsllamadas10 variantsjornada10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list