antecámara

/[ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,465

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

antecámara is aSpanishnoun. It means: Primera pieza de la cámara del comandante en navíos, trágalas y corbetas. Pronounced [ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa].

Key facts for antecámara
PropertyValue
Headwordantecámara
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,465
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of antecámara in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for antecámara is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for antecámara in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 antecámara, spelled A-N-T-E-C-Á-M-A-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera pieza de la cámara del comandante en navíos, trágalas y corbetas.
  2. 2
    Espacio 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.
  3. 3
    En 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.
  4. 4
    En los buques mercantes destinados a pasajeros, el espacio que hay entre el mamparo de la cámara principal y la escala que conduce a ella.

Frequency rank: #85,465 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antecámara"?
"antecámara" is spelled A-N-T-E-C-Á-M-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa].
What does "antecámara" mean?
As a noun, "antecámara" means: Primera pieza de la cámara del comandante en navíos, trágalas y corbetas.
How do you pronounce "antecámara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antecámara" is [ãn̪t̪eˈkamaɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.