alcohólico

/[alkoˈoliko]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,214

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

alcohólico is anSpanishadj. It means: Que contiene alcohol o está hecho de él. Ejemplo: Bebida alcohólica. Pronounced [alkoˈoliko]. Often confused with alcoholismo and alcohólicos.

Key facts for alcohólico
PropertyValue
Headwordalcohólico
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[alkoˈoliko]
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,214
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alcohólico is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alkoˈoliko]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,214 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for alcohólico, with forms such as "aclohólico", "alccohólico", and "alchoólico". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "alcoholismo", "alcohólicos", "alcohólica", 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 alcohólico, spelled A-L-C-O-H-Ó-L-I-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que contiene alcohol o está hecho de él. Ejemplo: Bebida alcohólica.
  2. 2
    que padece alcoholismo, una dependencia con características de adicción a las bebidas alcohólicas. Se caracteriza por un ansia de beber alguna sustancia alcohólica, pérdida de autocontrol, dependencia física y síndrome de abstinencia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclohólico,alccohólico,alchoólico,alcohhólico,alcohlóico,alcohóilco,alcohólcio,alcohólicco,alcohólioc,alcohóllico,alcoóhlico,allcohólico,alochólico,lacohólico

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alcohólico

Misspelling Variants of "alcohólico"

aclohólico10alccohólico11alchoólico10alcohhólico11alcohlóico10alcohóilco10alcohólcio10alcohólicco11
Misspelling Variants of "alcohólico"

Frequency rank: #21,214 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcohólico"?
"alcohólico" is spelled A-L-C-O-H-Ó-L-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [alkoˈoliko].
What does "alcohólico" mean?
As an adj, "alcohólico" means: Que contiene alcohol o está hecho de él. Ejemplo: Bebida alcohólica.
What words are commonly confused with "alcohólico"?
"alcohólico" is commonly confused with "alcoholismo", "alcohólicos", "alcohólica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcohólico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcohólico" is [alkoˈoliko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcohólico" come from?
"alcohólico" 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.