alicate
[aliˈkat̪e]
The verdict
“alicate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,604 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,604
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tenacillas con brazos encorvados y puntas cuadrangulares o de forma de cono truncado, y que sirve para coger y sujetar objetos menudos o para torcer alambres, chapitas delgadas o cosas parecidas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alicate · alicate · Spanish
alicate · rank #82,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,604
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH algebraicas
Nearest frequency peer: algebraicas (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “alicate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- alfombrilla
alfombrilla
17,399 corpus weight
- algebraicas
algebraicas
17,398 corpus weight
- alicate
alicate
17,397 corpus weight
- alienar
alienar
17,396 corpus weight
- alimaña
alimaña
17,395 corpus weight
- alocados
alocados
17,394 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alicate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alicate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aliˈkat̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alicate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alicate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,604 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aliˈkat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
alicate has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is alicate, spelled A-L-I-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tenacillas con brazos encorvados y puntas cuadrangulares o de forma de cono truncado, y que sirve para coger y sujetar objetos menudos o para torcer alambres, chapitas delgadas o cosas parecidas.
- 2Cortaúñas.
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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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