acortando
[akoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“acortando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,498 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,498
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerundio de acortar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acortando · acortando · Spanish
acortando · rank #57,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,498
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acorralados
Nearest frequency peer: acorralados (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “acortando”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aceptaste
aceptaste
42,506 corpus weight
- aconsejamos
aconsejamos
42,505 corpus weight
- acorralados
acorralados
42,504 corpus weight
- acortando
acortando
42,503 corpus weight
- acostaba
acostaba
42,502 corpus weight
- acota
acota
42,500 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acortando” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acortando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “acortando” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
acortando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,498 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de acortar.".
acortando doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is acortando, spelled A-C-O-R-T-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de acortar.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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