ahorcaron
[aoɾˈkaɾõn]
The verdict
“ahorcaron” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,542 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,542
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ahorcar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ahorcaron |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aoɾˈkaɾõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ahorcaron” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ahorcaron is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,542 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aoɾˈkaɾõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ahorcar.".
ahorcaron has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ahorcaron, spelled A-H-O-R-C-A-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ahorcar.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-H-O-R-C-A-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aoɾˈkaɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.