arre

[ˈare]

/[ˈare]/ intj

The verdict

“arre” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #29,490) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#29,490
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se usa para arrear, incitar a las bestias de carga o tiro a moverse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-arre · arre · Spanish

arre · rank #29,490 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,490
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH arquitectónic…

Nearest frequency peer: arquitectónicas (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “arre”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “arre” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arre vs art
50% similar
arre vs ave
50% similar
arre vs ars
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arre
PropertyValue
Headwordarre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[ˈare]
Letters4
Frequency rank#29,490
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “arre”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).arrecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “arquitectónicas” (#29,489), “arrestan” (#29,491), “armaduras” (#29,488). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “arre” va en #29,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for arre is neighbouring look-alikes ("art", "ave", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced [ˈare]. Frequency #29,490 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for arre, including "arer" and "rare". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "art", "ave", "ars", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is arre, spelled A-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se usa para arrear, incitar a las bestias de carga o tiro a moverse.
  2. 2
    Indica desaprobación.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arer
  • rare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arer2rare2
Edit distance from "arre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arre"?
"arre" is spelled A-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈare].
What does "arre" mean?
As an interjection, "arre" means: Se usa para arrear, incitar a las bestias de carga o tiro a moverse.
What words are commonly confused with "arre"?
"arre" is commonly confused with "art", "ave", "ars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arre" is [ˈare]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arre" come from?
"arre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list