aferrarse
[afeˈraɾse]
The verdict
“aferrarse” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,012
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asirse, agarrarse, sujetarse con fuerza a algo; o una cosa con otra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aferrarse · aferrarse · Spanish
aferrarse · rank #24,012 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,012
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH afecciones
Nearest frequency peer: afecciones (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “aferrarse”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- adquirieron
adquirieron
75,993 corpus weight
- Adriano
Adriano
75,992 corpus weight
- aduanera
aduanera
75,991 corpus weight
- afecciones
afecciones
75,990 corpus weight
- aferrarse
aferrarse
75,989 corpus weight
- agrupar
agrupar
75,987 corpus weight
What this shows “aferrarse” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aferrarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [afeˈraɾse] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aferrarse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around aferrarse (IPA [afeˈraɾse]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,012 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for aferrarse, with forms such as "aefrrarse", "aferarrse", and "aferarse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "agarrarse", "alegrarse", "ahorrarse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is aferrarse, spelled A-F-E-R-R-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Asirse, agarrarse, sujetarse con fuerza a algo; o una cosa con otra.
- 2Insistir de modo terco o tenaz en alguna decisión, idea u opinión. Empeñarse en algo.
- 3Poner toda la atención, inclinación, emoción o esperanza en algo, a manera de refugio, defensa, seguridad o vicio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aferrarse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le entró pánico, y huyó corriendo al templo. Se aferró a los cuernos del altar.
Me aferro a la compañía humana, porque tengo miedo a la soledad.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aefrrarse
- aferarrse
- aferarse
- aferrarce
- aferrares
- aferrarrse
- aferrarsse
- aferrasre
- aferrrase
- afferrarse
- afrerarse
- faerrarse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aferrarse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).