bacal
[baˈkal]
The verdict
“bacal” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte central (raquis) de la mazorca del maíz, en donde se implantan los granos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bacal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈkal] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bacal” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bacal is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈkal]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Parte central (raquis) de la mazorca del maíz, en donde se implantan los granos.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bacal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is bacal, spelled B-A-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Parte central (raquis) de la mazorca del maíz, en donde se implantan los granos.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “bacal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈkal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.