alejarse

/[aleˈxaɾse]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,096

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

alejarse is aSpanishverb. It means: Tomar distancia, ponerse lejos o más lejos. Pronounced [aleˈxaɾse]. Often confused with alejas and alzarse.

Key facts for alejarse
PropertyValue
Headwordalejarse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aleˈxaɾse]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,096
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alejarse is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aleˈxaɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,096 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tomar distancia, ponerse lejos o más lejos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for alejarse, with forms such as "aeljarse", "aleajrse", and "alejarce". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "alejas", "alzarse", "aléjate", and more, 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 alejarse, spelled A-L-E-J-A-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tomar distancia, ponerse lejos o más lejos.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aeljarse,aleajrse,alejarce,alejares,alejarrse,alejarsse,alejasre,alejjarse,alejrase,aljearse,allejarse,laejarse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alejarse

Misspelling Variants of "alejarse"

aeljarse8aleajrse8alejarce8alejares8alejarrse9alejarsse9alejasre8alejjarse9
Misspelling Variants of "alejarse"

Frequency rank: #10,096 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alejarse"?
"alejarse" is spelled A-L-E-J-A-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aleˈxaɾse].
What does "alejarse" mean?
As a verb, "alejarse" means: Tomar distancia, ponerse lejos o más lejos.
What words are commonly confused with "alejarse"?
"alejarse" is commonly confused with "alejas", "alzarse", "aléjate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alejarse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alejarse" is [aleˈxaɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alejarse" come from?
"alejarse" 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.