alcen
[ˈalsẽn]
The verdict
“alcen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,444 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,444
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de alzar o de alzarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈalsẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alcen” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alcen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,444 among 120,137 “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
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de alzar o de alzarse.
- 2Segunda 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.
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Using “alcen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-C-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈalsẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.