acurrucado

[akuruˈkað̞o]

/[akuruˈkað̞o]/ verb

The verdict

“acurrucado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,465 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,465
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participio de acurrucarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-acurrucado · acurrucado · Spanish

acurrucado · rank #88,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,465
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH acuchillar

Nearest frequency peer: acuchillar (-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 “acurrucado”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “acurrucado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acurrucado
PropertyValue
Headwordacurrucado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[akuruˈkað̞o]
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,465
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “acurrucado” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.acurrucadocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “acuchillar” (#88,464), “adelantamientos” (#88,467), “Adolph” (#88,469). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “acurrucado” va en #88,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acurrucado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,465 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akuruˈkað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de acurrucarse.".

No misspelling variants are generated for acurrucado in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is acurrucado, spelled A-C-U-R-R-U-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de acurrucarse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acurrucado"?
"acurrucado" is spelled A-C-U-R-R-U-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [akuruˈkað̞o].
What does "acurrucado" mean?
As a verb, "acurrucado" means: Participio de acurrucarse.
How do you pronounce "acurrucado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acurrucado" is [akuruˈkað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acurrucado" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acurrucado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list