alcance

//aɫ.ˈkɐ̃.sɨ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,608

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

alcance is aPortuguesenoun. It means: a distância sobre a qual um objeto pode ser enviado ou arremessado ou pela qual um som pode ser escutado Pronounced /aɫ.ˈkɐ̃.sɨ/. It ranks #2,608 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with alface and aliança.

Key facts for alcance
PropertyValue
Headwordalcance
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aɫ.ˈkɐ̃.sɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,608
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alcance in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alcance is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aɫ.ˈkɐ̃.sɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,608 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.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 alcance, with forms such as "aclance", "alacnce", and "alcacne". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "alface", "aliança", "alcançar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Portuguese form is alcance, spelled A-L-C-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    a distância sobre a qual um objeto pode ser enviado ou arremessado ou pela qual um som pode ser escutado
  2. 2
    a distância que alguém pode esticar seu braço
  3. 3
    o quanto uma idéia ou teoria é aceita por um determinado grupo de pessoas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclance,alacnce,alcacne,alcancce,alcanec,alcannce,alccance,alcnace,allcance,lacance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alcance

Misspelling Variants of "alcance"

aclance7alacnce7alcacne7alcancce8alcanec7alcannce8alccance8alcnace7
Misspelling Variants of "alcance"

Frequency rank: #2,608 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcance"?
"alcance" is spelled A-L-C-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /aɫ.ˈkɐ̃.sɨ/.
What does "alcance" mean?
As a noun, "alcance" means: a distância sobre a qual um objeto pode ser enviado ou arremessado ou pela qual um som pode ser escutado
What words are commonly confused with "alcance"?
"alcance" is commonly confused with "alface", "aliança", "alcançar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcance" is /aɫ.ˈkɐ̃.sɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcance" come from?
"alcance" is a Portuguese 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.