aliso

[aˈliso]

/[aˈliso]/ noun

The verdict

“aliso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,646 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,646
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Alnus glutinosa) árbol de la familia de las betuláceas extendido por Europa y el suroeste de Asia. Su hábitat natural son los lugares húmedos y bosques ribereños.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aliso · aliso · Spanish

aliso · rank #92,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,646
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alita

Nearest frequency peer: alita (+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 “aliso”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aliso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aliso
PropertyValue
Headwordaliso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈliso]
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “aliso” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).alisocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “alita” (#92,647), “almacenaba” (#92,648), “alumbrando” (#92,649). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aliso” va en #92,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aliso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,646 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈliso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for aliso in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is aliso, spelled A-L-I-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Alnus glutinosa) árbol de la familia de las betuláceas extendido por Europa y el suroeste de Asia. Su hábitat natural son los lugares húmedos y bosques ribereños.
  2. 2
    Madera de este árbol(1).
  3. 3
    Género de la familia de las rosáceas que abarca entre 100 y 200 especies de árboles y arbustos, comúnmente denominados serbales. Se suelen usar en parques y jardines como planta ornamental y sus frutos se utilizan en la fabricación del vodka ruso.

Synonyms

alnosorbus

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 "aliso"?
"aliso" is spelled A-L-I-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈliso].
What does "aliso" mean?
As a noun, "aliso" means: (Alnus glutinosa) árbol de la familia de las betuláceas extendido por Europa y el suroeste de Asia. Su hábitat natural son los lugares húmedos y bosques ribereños.
How do you pronounce "aliso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aliso" is [aˈliso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aliso" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list