arete
[aˈɾet̪e]
The verdict
“arete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,996 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,996
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adorno en forma de aro o de otra manera que se utiliza en el lóbulo de las orejas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arete · arete · Spanish
arete · rank #69,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,996
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aprobaste
Nearest frequency peer: aprobaste (-4 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 “arete”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aplastan
aplastan
30,011 corpus weight
- apretaron
apretaron
30,010 corpus weight
- aprobaste
aprobaste
30,009 corpus weight
- arete
arete
30,005 corpus weight
- arpía
arpía
30,001 corpus weight
- arrebatan
arrebatan
30,000 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arete” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈɾet̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arete” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,996 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈɾet̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adorno en forma de aro o de otra manera que se utiliza en el lóbulo de las orejas.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arete, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is arete, spelled A-R-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Adorno en forma de aro o de otra manera que se utiliza en el lóbulo de las orejas.
This word in other languages
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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