alcurnia
[alˈkuɾnja]
The verdict
“alcurnia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,792 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,792
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Linaje, origen de familia, especialmente el alto o noble.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcurnia · alcurnia · Spanish
alcurnia · rank #62,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,792
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH albúmina
Nearest frequency peer: albúmina (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “alcurnia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ajustará
ajustará
37,213 corpus weight
- alambradas
alambradas
37,212 corpus weight
- albur
albur
37,211 corpus weight
- albúmina
albúmina
37,210 corpus weight
- alcurnia
alcurnia
37,209 corpus weight
- almunia
almunia
37,206 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alcurnia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcurnia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈkuɾnja] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcurnia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcurnia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,792 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈkuɾnja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Linaje, origen de familia, especialmente el alto o noble.".
Zero misspellings are on record for alcurnia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is alcurnia, spelled A-L-C-U-R-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Linaje, origen de familia, especialmente el alto o noble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alcurnia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mujer, quienquiera que seas tienes alcurnia, y la prueba de tu naturaleza es la figura que posees. Casi siempre se puede saber de un hombre, al ver su figura, si es de noble cuna.
This word in other languages
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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