antecámara
[ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa]
The verdict
“antecámara” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #85,465 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #85,465
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera pieza de la cámara del comandante en navíos, trágalas y corbetas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antecámara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antecámara” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for antecámara is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,465 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for antecámara, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 antecámara, spelled A-N-T-E-C-Á-M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Primera pieza de la cámara del comandante en navíos, trágalas y corbetas.
- 2Espacio que hay en fragatas y corbetas desde el mamparo de la cámara de oficiales hasta el palo mayor; local en el que están la escotilla de la despensa, la escala que sirve para bajar desde la batería a la cámara de oficiales, y generalmente la repostería de los guardias marinas y a donde dan la puerta de la camareta de estos y las de los camarotes de algunos oficiales mayores: generalmente se considera esto como parte del alojamiento de los guardias marinas.
- 3En los bergantines, la antecámara es el espacio que hay cerrado con mamparos entre la cámara de los oficiales y la del comandante, a donde baja desde la cubierta la escala que sirve para ambas.
- 4En los buques mercantes destinados a pasajeros, el espacio que hay entre el mamparo de la cámara principal y la escala que conduce a ella.
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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Using “antecámara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-N-T-E-C-Á-M-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.