aligator
[aliɣ̞aˈt̪oɾ]
The verdict
“aligator” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Caiman spp.) Variante de aligátor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aligator · aligator · Spanish
aligator · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | aligator |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aliɣ̞aˈt̪oɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aligator” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aligator is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aliɣ̞aˈt̪oɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Caiman spp.) Variante de aligátor.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aligator, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is aligator, spelled A-L-I-G-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1(Caiman spp.) Variante de aligátor.
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.