anclar
[ãŋˈklaɾ]
The verdict
“anclar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,314 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,314
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Echar las anclas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-anclar · anclar · Spanish
anclar · rank #61,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,314
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH anacronismo
Nearest frequency peer: anacronismo (-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 “anclar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- amonestado
amonestado
38,690 corpus weight
- amu
amu
38,689 corpus weight
- anacronismo
anacronismo
38,688 corpus weight
- anclar
anclar
38,687 corpus weight
- Ancud
Ancud
38,686 corpus weight
- anoten
anoten
38,684 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “anclar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anclar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ãŋˈklaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “anclar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
anclar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,314 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ãŋˈklaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Echar las anclas.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anclar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is anclar, spelled A-N-C-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Echar las anclas.
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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