ale
[ˈeɪ.l̩]
The verdict
“ale” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,530 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,530
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cerveza de cebada, típica de las islas británicas, de color más oscuro, sabor más intenso y mayor graduación alcohólica que la cerveza rubia o lager.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ale |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeɪ.l̩] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ale” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ale is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeɪ.l̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,530 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cerveza de cebada, típica de las islas británicas, de color más oscuro, sabor más intenso y mayor graduación alcohólica que la cerveza rubia o lager.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ale in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "am", 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. The correct Spanish form is ale, spelled A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Cerveza de cebada, típica de las islas británicas, de color más oscuro, sabor más intenso y mayor graduación alcohólica que la cerveza rubia o lager.
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 “ale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeɪ.l̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ay” - see the side-by-side comparison. ale vs ay
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.