acné

/[akˈne]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,506

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

acné is aSpanishnoun. It means: Afección cutánea causada por la obstrucción de los conductos de las glándulas sebáceas, formando pápulas y comedones, frecuente especialmente en la adolescencia. Pronounced [akˈne]. Often confused with an and ae.

Key facts for acné
PropertyValue
Headwordacné
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[akˈne]
Letters4
Frequency rank#25,506
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acné is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akˈne]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,506 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Afección cutánea causada por la obstrucción de los conductos de las glándulas sebáceas, formando pápulas y comedones, frecuente especialmente en la adolescencia.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for acné, with forms such as "accné", "acnné", and "acén". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "ae", "año", 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 acné, spelled A-C-N-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Afección cutánea causada por la obstrucción de los conductos de las glándulas sebáceas, formando pápulas y comedones, frecuente especialmente en la adolescencia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: accné,acnné,acén,ancé,cané

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acné

Misspelling Variants of "acné"

accné5acnné5acén4ancé4cané4
Misspelling Variants of "acné"

Frequency rank: #25,506 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acné"?
"acné" is spelled A-C-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is [akˈne].
What does "acné" mean?
As a noun, "acné" means: Afección cutánea causada por la obstrucción de los conductos de las glándulas sebáceas, formando pápulas y comedones, frecuente especialmente en la adolescencia.
What words are commonly confused with "acné"?
"acné" is commonly confused with "an", "ae", "año". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acné"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acné" is [akˈne]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acné" come from?
"acné" 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.