alteraron
[al̪t̪eˈɾaɾõn]
The verdict
“alteraron” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,057 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,057
- 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 pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de alterar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alteraron |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [al̪t̪eˈɾaɾõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alteraron” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alteraron is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,057 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [al̪t̪eˈɾaɾõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de alterar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alteraron, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alteraron, spelled A-L-T-E-R-A-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de alterar.
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 “alteraron”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-T-E-R-A-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [al̪t̪eˈɾaɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.