accept

/əkˈsɛpt/

//əkˈsɛpt// verb

The verdict

“accept” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,818 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,818
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aceptar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-accept · accept · Spanish

accept · rank #94,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,818
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH acarreará

Nearest frequency peer: acarreará (-2 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “accept”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “accept” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for accept
PropertyValue
Headwordaccept
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/əkˈsɛpt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#94,818
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “accept” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).acceptcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “acarreará” (#94,816), “aciagos” (#94,820), “abuchear” (#94,815). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “accept” va en #94,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

accept is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,818 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /əkˈsɛpt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for accept, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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. The correct Spanish form is accept, spelled A-C-C-E-P-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aceptar.
  2. 2
    Asumir, admitir (una responsabilidad).

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accept"?
"accept" is spelled A-C-C-E-P-T. The IPA pronunciation is /əkˈsɛpt/.
What does "accept" mean?
As a verb, "accept" means: Aceptar.
How do you pronounce "accept"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accept" is /əkˈsɛpt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accept" come from?
"accept" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list