archivolta
[aɾt͡ʃiˈβ̞ol̪t̪a]
The verdict
“archivolta” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada una de las roscas o molduras que forman una serie de arcos concéntricos decorando el arco de las portadas medievales en su paramento exterior, recorriendo su curva en toda su extensión y termi...
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Index ES-archivolta · archivolta · Spanish
archivolta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | archivolta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾt͡ʃiˈβ̞ol̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “archivolta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
archivolta is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾt͡ʃiˈβ̞ol̪t̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cada una de las roscas o molduras que forman una serie de arcos concéntricos decorando el arco de las portadas medievales en su paramento exterior, recorriendo su curva en toda su extensión y termi...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for archivolta, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is archivolta, spelled A-R-C-H-I-V-O-L-T-A.
Definition
- 1Cada una de las roscas o molduras que forman una serie de arcos concéntricos decorando el arco de las portadas medievales en su paramento exterior, recorriendo su curva en toda su extensión y terminando en la imposta.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.