alacrán
[alaˈkɾãn]
The verdict
“alacrán” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,666 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,666
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Orden Scorpiones) Escorpión, generalmente aquel cuya picadura no es letal o tiene bajo riesgo de mortalidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alacran · alacrán · Spanish
alacrán · rank #52,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,666
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH agárrate
Nearest frequency peer: agárrate (-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 “alacrán”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agrupando
agrupando
47,338 corpus weight
- aguardar
aguardar
47,337 corpus weight
- agárrate
agárrate
47,336 corpus weight
- alacrán
alacrán
47,335 corpus weight
- alargan
alargan
47,334 corpus weight
- alborada
alborada
47,333 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alacrán” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alacrán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alaˈkɾãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alacrán” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alacrán is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,666 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alaˈkɾãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
alacrán doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alacrán, spelled A-L-A-C-R-Á-N.
Definition
- 1(Orden Scorpiones) Escorpión, generalmente aquel cuya picadura no es letal o tiene bajo riesgo de mortalidad.
- 2Persona malintencionada, sobre todo en la palabra
- 3Gancho que sujeta la brida a la muserola en el apero del caballo
- 4Daño infligido por corte, desgarramiento o perforación en un ser vivo
- 5Desperfecto en un cable causado por la rotura de las filásticas que lo componen.
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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