aprieten
[aˈpɾjet̪ẽn]
The verdict
“aprieten” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,472 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,472
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de apretar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aprieten · aprieten · Spanish
aprieten · rank #86,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,472
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apresamiento
Nearest frequency peer: apresamiento (-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 “aprieten”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- apicultor
apicultor
13,533 corpus weight
- apoderen
apoderen
13,532 corpus weight
- apresamiento
apresamiento
13,530 corpus weight
- aprieten
aprieten
13,529 corpus weight
- apícola
apícola
13,528 corpus weight
- arlen
arlen
13,526 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aprieten” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aprieten |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈpɾjet̪ẽn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aprieten” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aprieten is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,472 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈpɾjet̪ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aprieten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is aprieten, spelled A-P-R-I-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de apretar.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de apretar.
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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