acota
[aˈkot̪a]
The verdict
“acota” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,501 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,501
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acotar o de acotarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acota · acota · Spanish
acota · rank #57,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,501
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acuestas
Nearest frequency peer: acuestas (+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 “acota”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- acorralados
acorralados
42,504 corpus weight
- acortando
acortando
42,503 corpus weight
- acostaba
acostaba
42,502 corpus weight
- acota
acota
42,500 corpus weight
- acuestas
acuestas
42,499 corpus weight
- acusas
acusas
42,497 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acota” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈkot̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “acota” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
acota is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,501 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈkot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
acota has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is acota, spelled A-C-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de acotar o de acotarse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de acotar.
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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