alternador
[al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ]
The verdict
“alternador” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,853 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,853
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alternador |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alternador” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alternador is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,853 among 120,137 “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
- 1Máquina 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.
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Using “alternador”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-T-E-R-N-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [al̪t̪eɾnaˈð̞oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.