alerces
[aˈleɾses]
The verdict
“alerces” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,463 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,463
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de alerce.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alerces |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈleɾses] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alerces” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alerces is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,463 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈleɾses]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de alerce.".
Zero misspellings are on record for alerces in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is alerces, spelled A-L-E-R-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de alerce.
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 “alerces”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-E-R-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈleɾses] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.