aclarar

[aklaˈɾaɾ]

/[aklaˈɾaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“aclarar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,847
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar lo que ofusca la claridad o trasparencia de alguna cosa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aclarar · aclarar · Spanish

aclarar · rank #4,847 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,847
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH útiles

Nearest frequency peer: útiles (-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 “aclarar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “aclarar” 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).

aclarar vs aclaró
71% similar
aclarar vs aclare
71% similar
aclarar vs alabar
71% similar

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

Key facts for aclarar
PropertyValue
Headwordaclarar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aklaˈɾaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,847
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aclarar”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).aclararcae 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 “útiles” (#4,846), “adopción” (#4,848), “adoptar” (#4,849). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aclarar” va en #4,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aclarar (IPA [aklaˈɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,847 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aclarar, with forms such as "acalrar", "acclarar", and "aclaarr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "aclaró", "aclare", "alabar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 aclarar, spelled A-C-L-A-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quitar lo que ofusca la claridad o trasparencia de alguna cosa.
  2. 2
    Hacer mayor el espacio que hay entre dos cosas; y así, aclarar un monte es dejar los árboles menos espesos.
  3. 3
    Poner en claro, declarar, manifestar, explicar.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acalrar
  • acclarar
  • aclaarr
  • aclararr
  • aclarra
  • aclarrar
  • acllarar
  • aclraar
  • alcarar
  • calarar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aclarar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acalrar2acclarar1aclaarr2aclararr1aclarra2aclarrar1acllarar1aclraar2
Edit distance from "aclarar"

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 "aclarar"?
"aclarar" is spelled A-C-L-A-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aklaˈɾaɾ].
What does "aclarar" mean?
As a verb, "aclarar" means: Quitar lo que ofusca la claridad o trasparencia de alguna cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "aclarar"?
"aclarar" is commonly confused with "aclaró", "aclare", "alabar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aclarar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aclarar" is [aklaˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aclarar" come from?
"aclarar" 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 "aclarar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list