alterarse
[al̪t̪eˈɾaɾse]
The verdict
“alterarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,115 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,115
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cambiar de forma, esencia, estructura o composición.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alterarse · alterarse · Spanish
alterarse · rank #65,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,115
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alquilaba
Nearest frequency peer: alquilaba (-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 “alterarse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Alger
Alger
34,889 corpus weight
- Almirón
Almirón
34,888 corpus weight
- alquilaba
alquilaba
34,887 corpus weight
- alterarse
alterarse
34,886 corpus weight
- amorosamente
amorosamente
34,884 corpus weight
- amplísimo
amplísimo
34,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alterarse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alterarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [al̪t̪eˈɾaɾse] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alterarse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alterarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,115 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [al̪t̪eˈɾaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
alterarse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is alterarse, spelled A-L-T-E-R-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Cambiar de forma, esencia, estructura o composición.
- 2Sufrir un cambio que perturba, estropea, daña o descompone.
- 3Experimentar una emoción o preocupación fuerte, generalmente negativa, que afecta, perturba, agita, trastorna o inquieta el ánimo.
- 4Sentir enojo, impaciencia, agitación o irritación.
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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