almacén
[almaˈsẽn]
The verdict
“almacén” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,385
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Casa o edificio público o particular donde se guardan por junto o se venden cualesquiera géneros, como armas, pertrechos, comestibles, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | almacén |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [almaˈsẽn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “almacén” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around almacén (IPA [almaˈsẽn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,385 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for almacén, with forms such as "alamcén", "allmacén", and "almaccén". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "almacena", "almacenes", "almacenar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is almacén, spelled A-L-M-A-C-É-N.
Definition
- 1Casa o edificio público o particular donde se guardan por junto o se venden cualesquiera géneros, como armas, pertrechos, comestibles, etc.
- 2Conjunto de municiones y pertrechos de guerra.
- 3Tienda que vende comestibles y algunos artículos de primera necesidad, como cerillas y papel higiénico.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alamcén,allmacén,almaccén,almacné,almacénn,almaécn,almcaén,almmacén,amlacén,lamacén
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of almacén - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “almacén”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-M-A-C-É-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [almaˈsẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “almacena” - see the side-by-side comparison. almacén vs almacena
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.