Áncash
[ˈãŋkaʃ]
The verdict
“Áncash” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,028 among 60 “Á” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,028
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 60
- “Á” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Departamento de Perú, en el centro del país.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ancash · Áncash · Spanish
Áncash · rank #98,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,028
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 60
- PHOTO-FINISH zooplancton
Nearest frequency peer: zooplancton (-2 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 “Áncash”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- zapallos
zapallos
1,979 corpus weight
- zapotecas
zapotecas
1,978 corpus weight
- zipper
zipper
1,977 corpus weight
- zooplancton
zooplancton
1,975 corpus weight
- Áncash
Áncash
1,973 corpus weight
- abogaron
abogaron
1,965 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Áncash” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Áncash |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈãŋkaʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Áncash” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Áncash is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,028 among 60 “Á” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈãŋkaʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Departamento de Perú, en el centro del país.".
Áncash doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Áncash, spelled Á-N-C-A-S-H.
Definition
- 1Departamento de Perú, en el centro del país.
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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