aferrar
[afeˈraɾ]
The verdict
“aferrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,475 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,475
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agarrar, coger, prender, sujetar o asir con fuerza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aferrar · aferrar · Spanish
aferrar · rank #88,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,475
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aflojando
Nearest frequency peer: aflojando (+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 “aferrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- adornaba
adornaba
11,530 corpus weight
- adueñaron
adueñaron
11,529 corpus weight
- aferrar
aferrar
11,526 corpus weight
- aflojando
aflojando
11,525 corpus weight
- agost
agost
11,523 corpus weight
- agraviados
agraviados
11,522 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aferrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aferrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [afeˈraɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aferrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aferrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,475 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [afeˈraɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
aferrar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is aferrar, spelled A-F-E-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Agarrar, coger, prender, sujetar o asir con fuerza.
- 2Recoger, plegar y asegurar o atar las velas a sus vergas, o los toldos, banderas o cualquier otra tela a sus respectivos cabos, nervios, etc.
- 3Atrapar, agarrar con el bichero u otro instrumento de garfio.
- 4Asegurar la embarcación en el puerto echando los ferros o anclas.
This word in other languages
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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