Alcantara

\al.kɑ̃.ta.ʁa\

/\al.kɑ̃.ta.ʁa\/ name

The verdict

“Alcantara” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,256. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,256
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Cáceres et la Communauté autonome d’Estrémadure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alcantara · Alcantara · French

Alcantara · rank #43,256 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,256
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH albret

Nearest frequency peer: albret (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Alcantara »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Alcantara » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alcantara
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlcantara
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\al.kɑ̃.ta.ʁa\
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,256
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Alcantara »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Alcantarase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « albret » (#43,255), « Alexei » (#43,257), « ajustés » (#43,254). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Alcantara » est au #43,256. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Alcantara (IPA \al.kɑ̃.ta.ʁa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,256 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Alcantara, with forms such as "aclantara", "alacntara", and "alcanatra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Alcantara, spelled A-L-C-A-N-T-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Cáceres et la Communauté autonome d’Estrémadure.
  2. 2
    Ordre chevaleresque d’Espagne, institué en 1170.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Alcantara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En 1212, Alphonse IX. Roi de Castille, ayant repris Alcantara sur les Mores, en confia la garde & la défense, d’abord aux Chevaliers de Calatrava, & deux ans après aux Chevaliers du Poirier, autre Ordre Militaire institué en 1170 par Gomez Fernand, & approuvé par le Pape Alexandre III. sous la regle de S. Benoît. Ce fut à cette occasion, qu’ils quitterent…
  2. L’Ordre d'Alcántara.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclantara
  • alacntara
  • alcanatra
  • alcanntara
  • alcantaar
  • alcantarra
  • alcantraa
  • alcanttara
  • alcatnara
  • alccantara
  • alcnatara
  • allcantara
  • lacantara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Alcantara - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aclantara2alacntara2alcanatra2alcanntara1alcantaar2alcantarra1alcantraa2alcanttara1
Edit distance from "Alcantara"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Alcantara"?
"Alcantara" is spelled A-L-C-A-N-T-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \al.kɑ̃.ta.ʁa\.
What does "Alcantara" mean?
As a proper noun, "Alcantara" means: Commune d’Espagne, située dans la province de Cáceres et la Communauté autonome d’Estrémadure.
What are common misspellings of "Alcantara"?
Common misspellings include "aclantara", "alacntara", "alcanatra", "alcanntara", "alcantaar". The correct spelling is "Alcantara".
How do you pronounce "Alcantara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alcantara" is \al.kɑ̃.ta.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alcantara" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Alcantara", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list