alarmar

[alaɾˈmaɾ]

/[alaɾˈmaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“alarmar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,757 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,757
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incitar para tomar las armas, dar aviso o señal para acometer al enemigo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alarmar · alarmar · Spanish

alarmar · rank #59,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,757
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alante

Nearest frequency peer: alante (-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 “alarmar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alarmar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alarmar
PropertyValue
Headwordalarmar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[alaɾˈmaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,757
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “alarmar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.alarmarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “alante” (#59,756), “albacea” (#59,758), “agravamiento” (#59,755). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alarmar” va en #59,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alarmar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,757 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [alaɾˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for alarmar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 alarmar, spelled A-L-A-R-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Incitar para tomar las armas, dar aviso o señal para acometer al enemigo.
  2. 2
    Difundir especies o rumores alarmantes; esparcir la alarma, la sorpresa y confusión en los ánimos.
  3. 3
    Revolucionar, levantar gente; poner en armas una población, un país.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alarmar"?
"alarmar" is spelled A-L-A-R-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [alaɾˈmaɾ].
What does "alarmar" mean?
As a verb, "alarmar" means: Incitar para tomar las armas, dar aviso o señal para acometer al enemigo.
How do you pronounce "alarmar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alarmar" is [alaɾˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alarmar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alarmar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list