Altea
[al̪ˈt̪ea]
The verdict
“Altea” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,056 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,056
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-altea · Altea · Spanish
Altea · rank #56,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,056
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alteraron
Nearest frequency peer: alteraron (+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 “Altea”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- albergará
albergará
43,950 corpus weight
- almost
almost
43,947 corpus weight
- Altea
Altea
43,945 corpus weight
- alteraron
alteraron
43,944 corpus weight
- aluviones
aluviones
43,943 corpus weight
- amago
amago
43,941 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Altea” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Altea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [al̪ˈt̪ea] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Altea” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Altea is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,056 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [al̪ˈt̪ea]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Altea in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Altea, spelled A-L-T-E-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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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