alicate
[aliˈkat̪e]
The verdict
“alicate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,604 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,604
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “alicate” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alicate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,604 among 120,137 “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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Using “alicate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-I-C-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aliˈkat̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.