alienar
[aljeˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“alienar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,605 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,605
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Producir un cambio mental.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alienar · alienar · Spanish
alienar · rank #82,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,605
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alicate
Nearest frequency peer: alicate (-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 “alienar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- alfombrilla
alfombrilla
17,399 corpus weight
- algebraicas
algebraicas
17,398 corpus weight
- alicate
alicate
17,397 corpus weight
- alienar
alienar
17,396 corpus weight
- alimaña
alimaña
17,395 corpus weight
- alocados
alocados
17,394 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alienar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alienar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aljeˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alienar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alienar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,605 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aljeˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
alienar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is alienar, spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Producir un cambio mental.
- 2Limitar o condicionar la personalidad.
- 3Evitar un acercamiento.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alienar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La reconstrucción de la Unión fue un gran peso sobre la mente presidencial. Él estaba decidido a tomar un curso que no alienaría permanentemente a los antiguos estados Confederados.
Su rigidez alienó a sectores no particularmente comprometidos con una ideología afín a la revolución, y fue causa de muchos se mostrasen descontentos.
This word in other languages
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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