alcoholímetro
[alkooˈlimet̪ɾo]
The verdict
“alcoholímetro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,640 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,640
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aparato con el cual se puede medir la cantidad de alcohol en un líquido o en un gas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcoholímetro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkooˈlimet̪ɾo] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #92,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alcoholímetro” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alcoholímetro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,640 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alkooˈlimet̪ɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alcoholímetro, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 alcoholímetro, spelled A-L-C-O-H-O-L-Í-M-E-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1Aparato con el cual se puede medir la cantidad de alcohol en un líquido o en un gas.
- 2Aparato para medir el alcohol en el aire espirado, utilizado por la policía para controlar a los conductores de vehículos.
Synonyms
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 “alcoholímetro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-O-H-O-L-Í-M-E-T-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alkooˈlimet̪ɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.