apegarse

[apeˈɣ̞aɾse]

/[apeˈɣ̞aɾse]/ verb

The verdict

“apegarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,537 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,537
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomar afición, apego, afecto, gran cariño o inclinación por alguien o algo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-apegarse · apegarse · Spanish

apegarse · rank #60,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,537
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH apaño

Nearest frequency peer: apaño (-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 “apegarse”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apegarse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apegarse
PropertyValue
Headwordapegarse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[apeˈɣ̞aɾse]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,537
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “apegarse” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).apegarsecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “apaño” (#60,536), “aportaría” (#60,538), “apartaron” (#60,535). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “apegarse” va en #60,537. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apegarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,537 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apeˈɣ̞aɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tomar afición, apego, afecto, gran cariño o inclinación por alguien o algo.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apegarse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is apegarse, spelled A-P-E-G-A-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tomar afición, apego, afecto, gran cariño o inclinación por alguien o algo.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apegarse"?
"apegarse" is spelled A-P-E-G-A-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [apeˈɣ̞aɾse].
What does "apegarse" mean?
As a verb, "apegarse" means: Tomar afición, apego, afecto, gran cariño o inclinación por alguien o algo.
How do you pronounce "apegarse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apegarse" is [apeˈɣ̞aɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apegarse" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apegarse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list