alternador

[al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ]

/[al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ]/ noun

The verdict

“alternador” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,853 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,853
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Máquina destinada a transformar la energía mecánica en energía eléctrica; a patrir de la inducción electromagnética transforma la energía rotacional de un eje a una fuerza electromotriz, y mediante...

Corpus desk

Index ES-alternador · alternador · Spanish

alternador · rank #65,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,853
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH allanando

Nearest frequency peer: allanando (-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 “alternador”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alternador” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alternador
PropertyValue
Headwordalternador
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#65,853
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “alternador” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).alternadorcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “allanando” (#65,852), “altillo” (#65,854), “aliviados” (#65,851). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alternador” va en #65,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alternador is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,853 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Máquina destinada a transformar la energía mecánica en energía eléctrica; a patrir de la inducción electromagnética transforma la energía rotacional de un eje a una fuerza electromotriz, y mediante...".

alternador has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is alternador, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Máquina destinada a transformar la energía mecánica en energía eléctrica; a patrir de la inducción electromagnética transforma la energía rotacional de un eje a una fuerza electromotriz, y mediante un anillo deslizante entrega una tensión alterna a la salida.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alternador"?
"alternador" is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ].
What does "alternador" mean?
As a noun, "alternador" means: Máquina destinada a transformar la energía mecánica en energía eléctrica; a patrir de la inducción electromagnética transforma la energía rotacional de un eje a una fuerza electromotriz, y mediante...
How do you pronounce "alternador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alternador" is [al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alternador", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list