alóctono
[aˈlokt̪ono]
The verdict
“alóctono” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Originario de un sitio distinto de su ubicación o morada actual
Corpus desk
Index ES-aloctono · alóctono · Spanish
alóctono · 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 | alóctono |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aˈlokt̪ono] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alóctono” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alóctono is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aˈlokt̪ono]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
alóctono doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is alóctono, spelled A-L-Ó-C-T-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1Originario de un sitio distinto de su ubicación o morada actual
- 2En particular, dicho de una especie, originaria de un ecosistema distinto a aquel en que se halla
- 3Dicho de una roca o yacimiento, ubicado lejos de donde fue formado
- 4Dicho de una lengua, hablada en un territorio en cuyo territorio no se desarrolló históricamente sino que fue llevada por grupos humanos en tiempos históricos desde otro territorio.
This word in other languages
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.