acuñar
[akuˈɲaɾ]
The verdict
“acuñar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,051 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,051
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Usar un cuño para imprimir o crear un diseño en un objetos metálicos, medallas o monedas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acunar · acuñar · Spanish
acuñar · rank #50,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,051
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acusadores
Nearest frequency peer: acusadores (-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 “acuñar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- actúo
actúo
49,952 corpus weight
- acusadores
acusadores
49,951 corpus weight
- acuñar
acuñar
49,950 corpus weight
- acérrimos
acérrimos
49,949 corpus weight
- adaptabilid…
adaptabilidad
49,948 corpus weight
- adosada
adosada
49,947 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “acuñar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acuñar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akuˈɲaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “acuñar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
acuñar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,051 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akuˈɲaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for acuñar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 acuñar, spelled A-C-U-Ñ-A-R.
Definition
- 1Usar un cuño para imprimir o crear un diseño en un objetos metálicos, medallas o monedas.
- 2Colocar cuñas.
- 3Crear un nuevo término.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acuñar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La primera pieza con el logotipo "pesetas" fue acuñada en Barcelona de "4 1/2 pesetas", en 1808, durante la dominación Napoleónica. La pieza correspondiente de "peseta", se acuñó el año 1809.
Dàniyya será la capital de la taifa creada en 1010 por el amiri Muyahid que, anexionándose las Baleares, convertirá el reino en un importante centro marítimo y comercial que acuñará su propia moneda hasta la invasión almohade.
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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