alpaca
[alˈpaka]
The verdict
“alpaca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,244
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Vicugna pacos) Nombre común de una especie doméstica de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia Camelidae con lana muy apreciada. Es una de las cuatro especies de camélidos de Sudamérica, mide un metr...
Corpus desk
Index ES-alpaca · alpaca · Spanish
alpaca · rank #42,244 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,244
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH almirantazgo
Nearest frequency peer: almirantazgo (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “alpaca”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- alejaron
alejaron
57,760 corpus weight
- aliviada
aliviada
57,759 corpus weight
- almirantazgo
almirantazgo
57,758 corpus weight
- alpaca
alpaca
57,757 corpus weight
- ambiguas
ambiguas
57,756 corpus weight
- amorcito
amorcito
57,754 corpus weight
What this shows “alpaca” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | alpaca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈpaka] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alpaca”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around alpaca (IPA [alˈpaka]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,244 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for alpaca, with forms such as "alapca", "allpaca", and "alpaac". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ataca", "apaga", "alpha", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alpaca, spelled A-L-P-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Vicugna pacos) Nombre común de una especie doméstica de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia Camelidae con lana muy apreciada. Es una de las cuatro especies de camélidos de Sudamérica, mide un metro en la cruz y tiene su área de distribución principal en los Andes Centrales.
- 2Pelo de la alpaca.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alapca
- allpaca
- alpaac
- alpacca
- alpcaa
- alppaca
- aplaca
- lapaca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alpaca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alpaca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).