acercarse

/[aseɾˈkaɾse]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,136

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

acercarse is aSpanishverb. It means: Ponerse más cerca o menos lejos. Pronounced [aseɾˈkaɾse]. It ranks #6,136 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with acercas and acordarse.

Key facts for acercarse
PropertyValue
Headwordacercarse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aseɾˈkaɾse]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,136
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of acercarse in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acercarse is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aseɾˈkaɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,136 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for acercarse, with forms such as "accercarse", "acecrarse", and "aceracrse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "acercas", "acordarse", "aferrarse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is acercarse, spelled A-C-E-R-C-A-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ponerse más cerca o menos lejos.
  2. 2
    Ir a un lugar no muy distante de donde se está, o pasar a un lugar que queda en el camino hacia donde realmente se va.
  3. 3
    Ir hacia una persona.
  4. 4
    Aproximarse mucho o en exceso.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: accercarse,acecrarse,aceracrse,acercarce,acercares,acercarrse,acercarsse,acercasre,acerccarse,acercrase,acerrcarse,acrecarse,aecrcarse,asercarse,caercarse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acercarse

Misspelling Variants of "acercarse"

accercarse10acecrarse9aceracrse9acercarce9acercares9acercarrse10acercarsse10acercasre9
Misspelling Variants of "acercarse"

Frequency rank: #6,136 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acercarse"?
"acercarse" is spelled A-C-E-R-C-A-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aseɾˈkaɾse].
What does "acercarse" mean?
As a verb, "acercarse" means: Ponerse más cerca o menos lejos.
What words are commonly confused with "acercarse"?
"acercarse" is commonly confused with "acercas", "acordarse", "aferrarse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acercarse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acercarse" is [aseɾˈkaɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acercarse" come from?
"acercarse" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.