acercar
[aseɾˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“acercar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,999 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #14,999
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poner más cerca o menos lejos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acercar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aseɾˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acercar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for acercar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aseɾˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,999 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for acercar, with forms such as "accercar", "acecrar", and "aceracr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "acercó", "acordar", "acertar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 acercar, spelled A-C-E-R-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner más cerca o menos lejos.
- 2Llevar a una persona, generalmente en el automóvil, a un lugar que le queda en el camino a quien lo lleva.
- 3Entregarle alguien a uno un objeto que tiene más próximo.
- 4Poner una cosa junto a otra.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accercar,acecrar,aceracr,acercarr,acerccar,acercra,acerrcar,acrecar,aecrcar,asercar,caercar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acercar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “acercar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-E-R-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aseɾˈkaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “acercó” - see the side-by-side comparison. acercar vs acercó
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.