are
[ˈaɾe]
The verdict
“are” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,261 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,261
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de arar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | are |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɾe] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “are” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for are is 3 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,261 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
are doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ay", "as", "at", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 are, spelled A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de arar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de arar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de arar.
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 “are”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ay” - see the side-by-side comparison. are vs ay
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.