acercarse

[aseɾˈkaɾse]

/[aseɾˈkaɾse]/ verb

The verdict

“acercarse” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,136. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,136
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ponerse más cerca o menos lejos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-acercarse · acercarse · Spanish

acercarse · rank #6,136 · 15 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,136
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ángulo

Nearest frequency peer: ángulo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “acercarse”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “acercarse” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

acercarse vs acercas
78% similar
acercarse vs acordarse
78% similar
acercarse vs aferrarse
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “acercarse”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).acercarsecae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ángulo” (#6,135), “actuando” (#6,137), “Álvarez” (#6,134). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “acercarse” va en #6,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around acercarse (IPA [aseɾˈkaɾse]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,136 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for acercarse, with forms such as "accercarse", "acecrarse", and "aceracrse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "acercas", "acordarse", "aferrarse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 acercarse, spelled A-C-E-R-C-A-R-S-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how acercarse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Al regreso me acercaré a la farmacia.
  2. Me acerqué a ella para saludarla.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accercarse
  • acecrarse
  • aceracrse
  • acercarce
  • acercares
  • acercarrse
  • acercarsse
  • acercasre
  • acerccarse
  • acercrase
  • acerrcarse
  • acrecarse
  • aecrcarse
  • asercarse
  • caercarse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acercarse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

accercarse1acecrarse2aceracrse2acercarce1acercares2acercarrse1acercarsse1acercasre2
Edit distance from "acercarse"

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 "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list