aquelarre

/[akeˈlare]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,128

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

aquelarre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Celebración ritual, de incierta veracidad histórica, en que presuntamente brujas y hechiceros adoraban al demonio que era representado en figura de macho cabrío para sus prácticas mágicas o superti... Pronounced [akeˈlare].

Key facts for aquelarre
PropertyValue
Headwordaquelarre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[akeˈlare]
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,128
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aquelarre is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akeˈlare]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,128 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for aquelarre, with forms such as "aqeularre", "aqquelarre", and "aquealrre". 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 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 aquelarre, spelled A-Q-U-E-L-A-R-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celebración ritual, de incierta veracidad histórica, en que presuntamente brujas y hechiceros adoraban al demonio que era representado en figura de macho cabrío para sus prácticas mágicas o superticiosas.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, fiesta bulliciosa y desenfrenada.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, situación de gran confusión y alboroto.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aqeularre,aqquelarre,aquealrre,aquelare,aquelarer,aquellarre,aquelrare,aqulearre,auqelarre,qauelarre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aquelarre

Misspelling Variants of "aquelarre"

aqeularre9aqquelarre10aquealrre9aquelare8aquelarer9aquellarre10aquelrare9aqulearre9
Misspelling Variants of "aquelarre"

Frequency rank: #45,128 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aquelarre"?
"aquelarre" is spelled A-Q-U-E-L-A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [akeˈlare].
What does "aquelarre" mean?
As a noun, "aquelarre" means: Celebración ritual, de incierta veracidad histórica, en que presuntamente brujas y hechiceros adoraban al demonio que era representado en figura de macho cabrío para sus prácticas mágicas o superti...
What are common misspellings of "aquelarre"?
Common misspellings include "aqeularre", "aqquelarre", "aquealrre", "aquelare", "aquelarer". The correct spelling is "aquelarre".
How do you pronounce "aquelarre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aquelarre" is [akeˈlare]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aquelarre" come from?
"aquelarre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.