alfiler de gancho
[alfiˈleɾ ð̞e ˈɣ̞ãnʲt͡ʃo]
The verdict
“alfiler de gancho” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alfiler curvado y cerrado sobre sí mismo de modo que solo se abre presionándolo en el lugar adecuado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alfiler-de-gancho · alfiler de gancho · Spanish
alfiler de gancho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “alfiler de gancho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alfiler de gancho is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [alfiˈleɾ ð̞e ˈɣ̞ãnʲt͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.