acatan
[aˈkat̪ãn]
The verdict
“acatan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,088 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,088
- 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 acatar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acatan · acatan · Spanish
acatan · rank #65,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,088
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 120,137
- PHOTO-FINISH acarreado
Nearest frequency peer: acarreado (-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 “acatan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- abrigar
abrigar
34,916 corpus weight
- acarreado
acarreado
34,914 corpus weight
- acatan
acatan
34,913 corpus weight
- acrecienta
acrecienta
34,911 corpus weight
- acreditarse
acreditarse
34,910 corpus weight
- acróbata
acróbata
34,909 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acatan” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acatan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈkat̪ãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acatan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
acatan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,088 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈkat̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acatar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for acatan, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 acatan, spelled A-C-A-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acatar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 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.