alegar
[aleˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“alegar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,612
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresar o citar argumentos a favor o en contra de algo o alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alegar · alegar · Spanish
alegar · rank #19,612 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,612
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alegaciones
Nearest frequency peer: alegaciones (-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 “alegar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- aeronaves
aeronaves
80,392 corpus weight
- agropecuaria
agropecuaria
80,391 corpus weight
- alegaciones
alegaciones
80,390 corpus weight
- alegar
alegar
80,389 corpus weight
- alineados
alineados
80,388 corpus weight
- alt
alt
80,387 corpus weight
What this shows “alegar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | alegar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aleˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alegar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around alegar (IPA [aleˈɣ̞aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,612 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for alegar, with forms such as "aelgar", "aleagr", and "alegarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alga", "altar", "Aleja", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is alegar, spelled A-L-E-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Expresar o citar argumentos a favor o en contra de algo o alguien.
- 2Expresar razones o ideas que contradicen la opinión de otra persona.
- 3Argumentar y presentar pruebas en defensa de un acusado.
- 4Quejarse con alguien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alegar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
míster Horace moore alegó una enfermedad grave y repentina de su esposa, que se hallaba en Londres, como razón absolutamente imperiosa para no perder un instante en ponerse de viaje.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aelgar
- aleagr
- alegarr
- aleggar
- algear
- allegar
- laegar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alegar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "alegar"?
What does "alegar" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "alegar"?
How do you pronounce "alegar"?
What language does "alegar" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alegar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).