alike
/əˈlaɪk/
The verdict
“alike” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene parecido o similitud; parecido, similar, semejante; sin diferencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alike · alike · Spanish
alike · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | alike |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈlaɪk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alike” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alike is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈlaɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que tiene parecido o similitud; parecido, similar, semejante; sin diferencia.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alike, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is alike, spelled A-L-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1Que tiene parecido o similitud; parecido, similar, semejante; sin diferencia.
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.