acuartelar
[akwaɾt̪eˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“acuartelar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner la tropa en cuarteles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acuartelar · acuartelar · Spanish
acuartelar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acuartelar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akwaɾt̪eˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “acuartelar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
acuartelar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [akwaɾt̪eˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
acuartelar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is acuartelar, spelled A-C-U-A-R-T-E-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner la tropa en cuarteles.
- 2Mandar a una tropa que se quede en el cuartel en previsión de algún altercado.
- 3Dividir un escudo en cuarteles
- 4Presentar más al viento la superficie de una vela cazándola y braceándola todo lo posible por sotavento.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.