acarrean
[akaˈreãn]
The verdict
“acarrean” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,528 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,528
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acarrear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acarrean · acarrean · Spanish
acarrean · rank #63,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,528
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 120,137
- PHOTO-FINISH acamparon
Nearest frequency peer: acamparon (-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 “acarrean”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Abner
Abner
36,477 corpus weight
- abrid
abrid
36,476 corpus weight
- abrumados
abrumados
36,475 corpus weight
- acamparon
acamparon
36,474 corpus weight
- acarrean
acarrean
36,473 corpus weight
- acostamos
acostamos
36,470 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acarrean” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acarrean |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akaˈreãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acarrean” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
acarrean is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,528 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akaˈreãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acarrear.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acarrean, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists 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 acarrean, spelled A-C-A-R-R-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acarrear.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.