anchura

Name: anchura, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ãnʲˈt͡ʃuɾa]

/[ãnʲˈt͡ʃuɾa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“anchura” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,004
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dimensión menor de un cuerpo o de una figura plana en oposición a la longitud.

Corpus desk

Index ES-anchura · anchura · Spanish

anchura · rank #15,004 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #15,004
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH alude

Nearest frequency peer: alude (-1 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.

aguanto

85,000
algas

84,999
alude

84,998
anchura

84,997
antecedente

84,996
Antofagasta

84,995

What this shows “anchura” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

anchura vs Ancha

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for anchura
Property	Value
Headword	anchura
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ãnʲˈt͡ʃuɾa]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#15,004
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “anchura”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.anchuracae aquí:

#15,004

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “alude” (#15,003), “antecedente” (#15,005), “algas” (#15,002). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “anchura” va en #15,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around anchura (IPA [ãnʲˈt͡ʃuɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,004 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for anchura, with forms such as "acnhura", "ancchura", and "anchhura". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ancha", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is anchura, spelled A-N-C-H-U-R-A.

Definition

1
Dimensión menor de un cuerpo o de una figura plana en oposición a la longitud.
2
Amplitud, extensión.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anchura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Apeáronse don Quijote y Sancho, y, dejando al jumento y a Rocinante a sus anchuras pacer de la mucha yerba que allí había, dieron saco a las alforjas, y, sin cerimonia alguna, en buena paz y compañía, amo y mozo comieron lo que en ellas hallaron.

This word in other languages

largura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acnhura
ancchura
anchhura
anchrua
anchuar
anchurra
ancuhra
anhcura
annchura
nachura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anchura - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "anchura"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anchura"?

"anchura" is spelled A-N-C-H-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ãnʲˈt͡ʃuɾa].

What does "anchura" mean?

As a noun, "anchura" means: Dimensión menor de un cuerpo o de una figura plana en oposición a la longitud.

What words are commonly confused with "anchura"?

"anchura" is commonly confused with "Ancha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "anchura"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anchura" is [ãnʲˈt͡ʃuɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "anchura" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anchura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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