acreedor
[akɾeeˈð̞oɾ]
The verdict
“acreedor” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,882 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,882
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona real o jurídica que tiene derecho legal para exigir que otra persona le pague una obligación contraída dentro de un término fijado por contrato. En la mayoría de los casos, si el deudor no ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acreedor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [akɾeeˈð̞oɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acreedor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for acreedor is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akɾeeˈð̞oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,882 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona real o jurídica que tiene derecho legal para exigir que otra persona le pague una obligación contraída dentro de un término fijado por contrato. En la mayoría de los casos, si el deudor no ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for acreedor, with forms such as "accreedor", "aceredor", and "acredeor". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "alrededor", "acreedores", "acogedor", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is acreedor, spelled A-C-R-E-E-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Persona real o jurídica que tiene derecho legal para exigir que otra persona le pague una obligación contraída dentro de un término fijado por contrato. En la mayoría de los casos, si el deudor no puede cumplir la obligación, el acreedor puede pedir compensación por daños y perjuicios.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accreedor,aceredor,acredeor,acredor,acreeddor,acreedorr,acreedro,acreeodr,acrreedor,arceedor,careedor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acreedor - 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.
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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Using “acreedor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-R-E-E-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [akɾeeˈð̞oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alrededor” - see the side-by-side comparison. acreedor vs alrededor
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.