alegra

/[aˈleɣ̞ɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,968

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

alegra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Especie de barrena para taladrar las bombas. Pronounced [aˈleɣ̞ɾa]. It ranks #4,968 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with alga and Aleja.

Key facts for alegra
PropertyValue
Headwordalegra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈleɣ̞ɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,968
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alegra is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈleɣ̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,968 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Especie de barrena para taladrar las bombas.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for alegra, with forms such as "aelgra", "aleggra", and "alegrra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alga", "Aleja", "aleta", 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 alegra, spelled A-L-E-G-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Especie de barrena para taladrar las bombas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelgra,aleggra,alegrra,alerga,algera,allegra,laegra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alegra

Misspelling Variants of "alegra"

aelgra6aleggra7alegrra7alerga6algera6allegra7laegra6
Misspelling Variants of "alegra"

Frequency rank: #4,968 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alegra"?
"alegra" is spelled A-L-E-G-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈleɣ̞ɾa].
What does "alegra" mean?
As a noun, "alegra" means: Especie de barrena para taladrar las bombas.
What words are commonly confused with "alegra"?
"alegra" is commonly confused with "alga", "Aleja", "aleta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alegra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alegra" is [aˈleɣ̞ɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alegra" come from?
"alegra" 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.