alga
[ˈalɣ̞a]
The verdict
“alga” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,872 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,872
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Organismo acuático autótrofo —es decir, capaz de fotosíntesis—, sea procarionte o eucarionte. No forman un grupo taxonómico homogéneo, comprendiendo desde organismos unicelulares muy sencillos hast...
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 | alga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈalɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alga” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alga is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈalɣ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,872 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Organismo acuático autótrofo —es decir, capaz de fotosíntesis—, sea procarionte o eucarionte. No forman un grupo taxonómico homogéneo, comprendiendo desde organismos unicelulares muy sencillos hast...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for alga, with forms such as "alag", "algga", and "allga". 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, "Ana", "ama", "all", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alga, spelled A-L-G-A.
Definition
- 1Organismo acuático autótrofo —es decir, capaz de fotosíntesis—, sea procarionte o eucarionte. No forman un grupo taxonómico homogéneo, comprendiendo desde organismos unicelulares muy sencillos hasta enormes colonias de decenas de metros de longitud. Se clasifican en al menos nueve filos, de uno de los cuales proceden evolutivamente las plantas propiamente dichas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alag,algga,allga,laga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alga - 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.
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Using “alga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈalɣ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ana” - see the side-by-side comparison. alga vs Ana
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.