ancla
[ˈãŋkla]
The verdict
“ancla” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,555
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento fuerte de hierro, como arpón o anzuelo de dos lengüetas, el cual afirmado al extremo del cable o gúmena, y arrojado al mar, sirve para aferrar o amarrar las embarcaciones, y asegurarlas...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ancla · ancla · Spanish
ancla · rank #21,555 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,555
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH altiplano
Nearest frequency peer: altiplano (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ancla”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- agarraron
agarraron
78,450 corpus weight
- alejan
alejan
78,448 corpus weight
- altiplano
altiplano
78,447 corpus weight
- ancla
ancla
78,446 corpus weight
- ao
ao
78,445 corpus weight
- armenios
armenios
78,443 corpus weight
What this shows “ancla” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ancla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈãŋkla] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ancla”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ancla (IPA [ˈãŋkla]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,555 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ancla, with forms such as "acnla", "ancal", and "anccla". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "anda", "anna", "aula", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ancla, spelled A-N-C-L-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento fuerte de hierro, como arpón o anzuelo de dos lengüetas, el cual afirmado al extremo del cable o gúmena, y arrojado al mar, sirve para aferrar o amarrar las embarcaciones, y asegurarlas del ímpetu de los vientos.
- 2Pieza de metal que sirve para asegurar o reforzar las partes de una construcción, especialmente los tirantes (largueros que se instalan horizontalmente para dar estabilidad al edificio).
- 3Parte del cuerpo humano que se encuentra al final de cada brazo, desde la muñeca hasta la punta de los dedos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acnla
- ancal
- anccla
- anclla
- anlca
- anncla
- nacla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ancla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).