anchoveta
[ãnʲt͡ʃoˈβ̞et̪a]
The verdict
“anchoveta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,186 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,186
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Engraulis ringens) Pez similar a la anchoa usado para producir harina de pescado y aceite de pescado. Habita en el sureste del Océano Pacífico, en las costas de Chile y Perú.
Corpus desk
Index ES-anchoveta · anchoveta · Spanish
anchoveta · rank #99,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,186
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH anemias
Nearest frequency peer: anemias (+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 “anchoveta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- amonestar
amonestar
818 corpus weight
- anchoveta
anchoveta
815 corpus weight
- anemias
anemias
813 corpus weight
- antepecho
antepecho
811 corpus weight
- anthem
anthem
810 corpus weight
- antojaron
antojaron
808 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “anchoveta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anchoveta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãnʲt͡ʃoˈβ̞et̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “anchoveta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
anchoveta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,186 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ãnʲt͡ʃoˈβ̞et̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Engraulis ringens) Pez similar a la anchoa usado para producir harina de pescado y aceite de pescado. Habita en el sureste del Océano Pacífico, en las costas de Chile y Perú.".
Zero misspellings are on record for anchoveta in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is anchoveta, spelled A-N-C-H-O-V-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Engraulis ringens) Pez similar a la anchoa usado para producir harina de pescado y aceite de pescado. Habita en el sureste del Océano Pacífico, en las costas de Chile y Perú.
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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