acicate
[asiˈkat̪e]
The verdict
“acicate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,631 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,631
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incitativo, estímulo, motivación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acicate · acicate · Spanish
acicate · rank #81,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,631
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acercarán
Nearest frequency peer: acercarán (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “acicate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- accent
accent
18,373 corpus weight
- aceleraba
aceleraba
18,372 corpus weight
- acercarán
acercarán
18,371 corpus weight
- acicate
acicate
18,370 corpus weight
- acogemos
acogemos
18,368 corpus weight
- aconsejada
aconsejada
18,367 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “acicate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acicate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asiˈkat̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “acicate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
acicate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,631 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [asiˈkat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for acicate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is acicate, spelled A-C-I-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Incitativo, estímulo, motivación.
- 2Espuela para montar a la jineta, la cual solo tiene una punta de hierro con que se pica al caballo, y en ella un tope para impedir que penetre mucho.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how acicate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
me costó mucho, pero la esperanza de conseguir lo necesario fue un acicate para hacer más de lo que en otras circunstancias habría hecho.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).