alardear

/[alaɾð̞eˈaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,935

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

alardear is aSpanishverb. It means: Mostrar o mentar algo públicamente y con intención de atraer admiración o aplauso sobre uno mismo Pronounced [alaɾð̞eˈaɾ]. Often confused with alargar and alarde.

Key facts for alardear
PropertyValue
Headwordalardear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[alaɾð̞eˈaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,935
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alardear in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alardear is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alaɾð̞eˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,935 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mostrar o mentar algo públicamente y con intención de atraer admiración o aplauso sobre uno mismo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for alardear, with forms such as "aalrdear", "aladrear", and "alardaer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "alargar", "alarde", "acarrear", 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 alardear, spelled A-L-A-R-D-E-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mostrar o mentar algo públicamente y con intención de atraer admiración o aplauso sobre uno mismo

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aalrdear,aladrear,alardaer,alarddear,alardearr,alardera,alaredar,alarrdear,allardear,alradear,laardear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alardear

Misspelling Variants of "alardear"

aalrdear8aladrear8alardaer8alarddear9alardearr9alardera8alaredar8alarrdear9
Misspelling Variants of "alardear"

Frequency rank: #37,935 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alardear"?
"alardear" is spelled A-L-A-R-D-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [alaɾð̞eˈaɾ].
What does "alardear" mean?
As a verb, "alardear" means: Mostrar o mentar algo públicamente y con intención de atraer admiración o aplauso sobre uno mismo
What words are commonly confused with "alardear"?
"alardear" is commonly confused with "alargar", "alarde", "acarrear". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alardear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alardear" is [alaɾð̞eˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alardear" come from?
"alardear" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.