acusar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#10,253
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
7
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
acusar is aSpanishverb. It means: Asignar a alguien la culpa o responsabilidad de algo ilegal. inmoral o reprobable, como un delito, vicio, tacha o falta. Pronounced [akuˈsaɾ]. Often confused with asar and acuso.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acusar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akuˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for acusar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akuˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,253 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for acusar, with forms such as "accusar", "acsuar", and "acuasr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "asar", "acuso", "aunar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is acusar, spelled A-C-U-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Asignar a alguien la culpa o responsabilidad de algo ilegal. inmoral o reprobable, como un delito, vicio, tacha o falta.
- 2Señalar, descubrir o hacer manifiesto algo reprobable, ilegal o secreto.
- 3Indicar o manifestar que se ha recibido un mensaje, carta, comunicación, envío etc.
- 4Expresar o advertir con reproches a alguien que no se aprueba una acción y que no debe ejecutarla.
- 5En algunos juegos, manifestar en un momento pactado u oportuno que se tienen determinadas cartas, obteniendo así cierto puntaje.
- 6Poner de manifiesto, hacer notorio o perceptible el efecto de un golpe o herida y, por extensión, de un estado emocional.
- 7Presentar en un proceso judicial los cargos y pruebas contra el acusado (a quien se considera responsable de un delito o falta).
- 8Recordar, recordarle la omisión, defecto, mal o exceso en alguna obra o hecho al responsable.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: accusar,acsuar,acuasr,acusarr,acusra,acussar,aucsar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acusar
Misspelling Variants of "acusar"
Frequency rank: #10,253 in Spanish
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