alcanzarse
[alkãnˈsaɾse]
The verdict
“alcanzarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,319 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,319
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lograr unirse, obtener para sí, o llegar a tocarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcanzarse · alcanzarse · Spanish
alcanzarse · rank #53,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,319
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Alessio
Nearest frequency peer: Alessio (+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 “alcanzarse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ahogadas
ahogadas
46,686 corpus weight
- ahorraría
ahorraría
46,685 corpus weight
- Aidan
Aidan
46,684 corpus weight
- alcanzarse
alcanzarse
46,682 corpus weight
- Alessio
Alessio
46,681 corpus weight
- altruistas
altruistas
46,679 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alcanzarse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcanzarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alkãnˈsaɾse] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alcanzarse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alcanzarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,319 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [alkãnˈsaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcanzarse, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is alcanzarse, spelled A-L-C-A-N-Z-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Lograr unirse, obtener para sí, o llegar a tocarse.
- 2Hacerse alcanzaduras (contusiones o heridas en las patas) una caballería.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alcanzarse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Me alcanzo al pie.
Me enfadé de tanto plato, y me alcancé la puntada de trabajar en el teatro.
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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