acaparan
[akaˈpaɾãn]
The verdict
“acaparan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,492 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,492
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acaparar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acaparan · acaparan · Spanish
acaparan · rank #57,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,492
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH absorto
Nearest frequency peer: absorto (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “acaparan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Abengoa
Abengoa
42,513 corpus weight
- aborde
aborde
42,512 corpus weight
- absorto
absorto
42,510 corpus weight
- acaparan
acaparan
42,509 corpus weight
- accedía
accedía
42,508 corpus weight
- aceptaste
aceptaste
42,506 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acaparan” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acaparan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akaˈpaɾãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acaparan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
acaparan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,492 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akaˈpaɾãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acaparar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for acaparan in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is acaparan, spelled A-C-A-P-A-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acaparar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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