alquitrán
[alkiˈt̪ɾãn]
The verdict
“alquitrán” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,041
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sustancia untuosa oscura, de olor fuerte, que se obtiene de la destilación de ciertas materias orgánicas, principalmente de la hulla y de algunas maderas resinosas: se emplea en pintura, pavimentac...
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 | alquitrán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alkiˈt̪ɾãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alquitrán” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around alquitrán (IPA [alkiˈt̪ɾãn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,041 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sustancia untuosa oscura, de olor fuerte, que se obtiene de la destilación de ciertas materias orgánicas, principalmente de la hulla y de algunas maderas resinosas: se emplea en pintura, pavimentac...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for alquitrán, with forms such as "allquitrán", "alqiutrán", and "alqquitrán". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "alquilan", "adquieran", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is alquitrán, spelled A-L-Q-U-I-T-R-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Sustancia untuosa oscura, de olor fuerte, que se obtiene de la destilación de ciertas materias orgánicas, principalmente de la hulla y de algunas maderas resinosas: se emplea en pintura, pavimentación, como combustible, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- allquitrán
- alqiutrán
- alqquitrán
- alquirtán
- alquitrná
- alquitrrán
- alquitránn
- alquittrán
- alquitárn
- alqutirán
- aluqitrán
- aqluitrán
- laquitrán
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alquitrán - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “alquitrán”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-Q-U-I-T-R-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alkiˈt̪ɾãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alquilan” - see the side-by-side comparison. alquitrán vs alquilan
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.