acorralar
[akoraˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“acorralar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,204 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,204
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meter dentro de un corral (sitio cercado).
Corpus desk
Index ES-acorralar · acorralar · Spanish
acorralar · rank #74,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,204
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acosen
Nearest frequency peer: acosen (+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 “acorralar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- abrazaderas
abrazaderas
25,801 corpus weight
- accésit
accésit
25,799 corpus weight
- acorralar
acorralar
25,797 corpus weight
- acosen
acosen
25,796 corpus weight
- acuñadas
acuñadas
25,795 corpus weight
- adaptará
adaptará
25,794 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “acorralar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acorralar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akoraˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “acorralar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
acorralar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,204 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akoraˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for acorralar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 acorralar, spelled A-C-O-R-R-A-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Meter dentro de un corral (sitio cercado).
- 2Cerrar a alguien la posibilidad de escapar, confinándolo dentro de ciertos límites.
- 3Poner a alguien, mediante argumentos, acciones o intimidación, en una situación que limita sus opciones o su libertad de acción.
- 4Dejar a alguien sin respuesta, en un estado de confusión.
Synonyms
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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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