alguacil

Name: alguacil, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[alɣ̞waˈsil]

/[alɣ̞waˈsil]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“alguacil” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,025. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,025
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Funcionario judicial subalterno, antiguamente encargado de la ejecución de los arrestos y procesos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alguacil · alguacil · Spanish

alguacil · rank #19,025 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #19,025
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH alférez

Nearest frequency peer: alférez (-1 rank slots)

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.

agrupa

80,979
Aguilera

80,978
alférez

80,977
alguacil

80,976
Antón

80,975
API

80,974

What this shows “alguacil” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alguacil vs alguaciles

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alguacil
Property	Value
Headword	alguacil
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[alɣ̞waˈsil]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#19,025
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alguacil”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).alguacilcae aquí:

#19,025

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “alférez” (#19,024), “Antón” (#19,026), “Aguilera” (#19,023). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alguacil” va en #19,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around alguacil (IPA [alɣ̞waˈsil]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,025 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for alguacil, with forms such as "agluacil", "algaucil", and "algguacil". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alguaciles", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is alguacil, spelled A-L-G-U-A-C-I-L.

Definition

1
Funcionario judicial subalterno, antiguamente encargado de la ejecución de los arrestos y procesos.
2
Mensajero que transmite los recados del presidente.
3
Funcionario judicial, con atribuciones similares a las de un juez, designado localmente por el pueblo de su jurisdicción.
4
Alcalde con jurisdicción civil y criminal.

Synonyms

baile alguacilillo

This word in other languages

bailiff(English)huissier(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

agluacil
algaucil
algguacil
alguaccil
alguacill
alguacli
alguaicl
alguasil
algucail
allguacil
alugacil
laguacil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alguacil - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "alguacil"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alguacil"?

"alguacil" is spelled A-L-G-U-A-C-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [alɣ̞waˈsil].

What does "alguacil" mean?

As a noun, "alguacil" means: Funcionario judicial subalterno, antiguamente encargado de la ejecución de los arrestos y procesos.

What words are commonly confused with "alguacil"?

"alguacil" is commonly confused with "alguaciles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "alguacil"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alguacil" is [alɣ̞waˈsil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "alguacil" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alguacil", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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