alcen

[ˈalsẽn]

/[ˈalsẽn]/ verb

The verdict

“alcen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,444 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,444
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de alzar o de alzarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alcen · alcen · Spanish

alcen · rank #67,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,444
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alcanzaremos

Nearest frequency peer: alcanzaremos (-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 “alcen”

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 “alcen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alcen
PropertyValue
Headwordalcen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈalsẽn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “alcen” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).alcencae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “alcanzaremos” (#67,443), “alegóricos” (#67,445), “ahorré” (#67,441). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alcen” va en #67,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alcen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,444 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈalsẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is alcen, spelled A-L-C-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de alzar o de alzarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de alzar o del imperativo negativo de alzarse.

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 "alcen"?
"alcen" is spelled A-L-C-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈalsẽn].
What does "alcen" mean?
As a verb, "alcen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de alzar o de alzarse.
How do you pronounce "alcen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcen" is [ˈalsẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcen" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list