anchar
[ãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
The verdict
“anchar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer más grande la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) de algo; hacer más ancho.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anchar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anchar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for anchar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hacer más grande la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) de algo; hacer más ancho.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anchar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 anchar, spelled A-N-C-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer más grande la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) de algo; hacer más ancho.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “anchar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-C-H-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ] (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.