ancla
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#21,555
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
7
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
ancla is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [ˈãŋkla]. Often confused with anda and anna.
| 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) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ancla is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈãŋkla]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,555 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ancla, with forms such as "acnla", "ancal", and "anccla". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ancla, spelled A-N-C-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acnla,ancal,anccla,anclla,anlca,anncla,nacla
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Misspelling Variants of "ancla"
Frequency rank: #21,555 in Spanish
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