malacate
[malaˈkat̪e]
The verdict
“malacate” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utensilio utilizado para hilar, formado por una varilla aguzada en sus dos extremos y usualmente con un peso añadido en uno de ellos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-malacate · malacate · Spanish
malacate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | malacate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [malaˈkat̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “malacate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
malacate is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [malaˈkat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for malacate, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is malacate, spelled M-A-L-A-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Utensilio utilizado para hilar, formado por una varilla aguzada en sus dos extremos y usualmente con un peso añadido en uno de ellos.
- 2Pieza de diferentes materiales utilizada como contrapeso y tope en un malacate₁. Usualmente tiene forma de disco o de esfera con un orificio central.
- 3Máquina, generalmente motorizada empleada para levantar o desplazar objetos pesados.
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.