arcén
[aɾˈsẽn]
The verdict
“arcén” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,636 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,636
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zona que se delimita al extremo final de ciertas superficies, especialmente las planas (como al límite de una vía, una tela, una tabla, etc.).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arcén |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾˈsẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arcén” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arcén is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,636 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈsẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for arcén in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is arcén, spelled A-R-C-É-N.
Definition
- 1Zona que se delimita al extremo final de ciertas superficies, especialmente las planas (como al límite de una vía, una tela, una tabla, etc.).
- 2Franja o margen a la orilla de una carretera, no destinada para la circulación habitual de vehículos.
- 3Baranda o antepecho que se instala alrededor de un pozo para evitar el riesgo de caer en él.
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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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Using “arcén”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-C-É-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.