arañar
[aɾaˈɲaɾ]
The verdict
“arañar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,809 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raspar, rasgar o cortar utilizando las uñas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aranar · arañar · Spanish
arañar · rank #56,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,809
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arboledas
Nearest frequency peer: arboledas (+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 “arañar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- apúntate
apúntate
43,196 corpus weight
- Aquitania
Aquitania
43,194 corpus weight
- arañar
arañar
43,192 corpus weight
- arboledas
arboledas
43,191 corpus weight
- archiva
archiva
43,190 corpus weight
- archivados
archivados
43,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arañar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arañar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aɾaˈɲaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arañar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arañar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,809 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aɾaˈɲaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
arañar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is arañar, spelled A-R-A-Ñ-A-R.
Definition
- 1Raspar, rasgar o cortar utilizando las uñas.
- 2Hacer rayas superficiales en cosas lisas como la pared, el vidrio, el metal, etc.
- 3Recoger con mucho afán, de varias partes y en pequeñas porciones, lo necesario para algún fin.
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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