anchoa
[ãnʲˈt͡ʃoa]
The verdict
“anchoa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,836 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,836
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Familia de peces comestibles de agua salada, Engraulidae.
Corpus desk
Index ES-anchoa · anchoa · Spanish
anchoa · rank #78,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,836
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Amérique
Nearest frequency peer: Amérique (-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 “anchoa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ambrosía
ambrosía
21,169 corpus weight
- ampliaría
ampliaría
21,168 corpus weight
- Amérique
Amérique
21,167 corpus weight
- anchoa
anchoa
21,165 corpus weight
- anexada
anexada
21,162 corpus weight
- anotamos
anotamos
21,161 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “anchoa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anchoa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãnʲˈt͡ʃoa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “anchoa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
anchoa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,836 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ãnʲˈt͡ʃoa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Familia de peces comestibles de agua salada, Engraulidae.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anchoa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is anchoa, spelled A-N-C-H-O-A.
Definition
- 1Familia de peces comestibles de agua salada, Engraulidae.
This word in other languages
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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