aletear
[alet̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“aletear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mover las aves frecuentemente las alas sin echar a volar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aletear · aletear · Spanish
aletear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aletear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alet̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aletear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aletear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [alet̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aletear, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is aletear, spelled A-L-E-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mover las aves frecuentemente las alas sin echar a volar.
- 2Mover los peces frecuentemente las aletas cuando se los saca del agua.
- 3Alear_(1, 2, 3).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.