alfiler de gancho
[alfiˈleɾ ð̞e ˈɣ̞ãnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“alfiler de gancho” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alfiler curvado y cerrado sobre sí mismo de modo que solo se abre presionándolo en el lugar adecuado.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alfiler de gancho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [alfiˈleɾ ð̞e ˈɣ̞ãnʲt͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alfiler de gancho” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alfiler de gancho is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alfiˈleɾ ð̞e ˈɣ̞ãnʲt͡ʃo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alfiler curvado y cerrado sobre sí mismo de modo que solo se abre presionándolo en el lugar adecuado.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alfiler de gancho, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is alfiler de gancho, spelled A-L-F-I-L-E-R- -D-E- -G-A-N-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Alfiler curvado y cerrado sobre sí mismo de modo que solo se abre presionándolo en el lugar adecuado.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-F-I-L-E-R- -D-E- -G-A-N-C-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alfiˈleɾ ð̞e ˈɣ̞ãnʲt͡ʃo] (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.