arresten

Name: arresten, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[aˈrest̪ẽn]

/[aˈrest̪ẽn]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“arresten” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #45,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,749
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de arrestar o de arrestarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-arresten · arresten · Spanish

arresten · rank #45,749 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,749
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH arrodillarse

Nearest frequency peer: arrodillarse (+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.

arms

54,256
arrendamien…

54,254
arresten

54,252
arrodillarse

54,251
Arsenio

54,250
Artemio

54,249

What this shows “arresten” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

arresten vs arresto

75% similar

arresten vs arrestos

75% similar

arresten vs agreste

75% similar

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

Key facts for arresten
Property	Value
Headword	arresten
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[aˈrest̪ẽn]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#45,749
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “arresten”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.arrestencae aquí:

#45,749

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “arrodillarse” (#45,750), “arrendamientos” (#45,747), “Arsenio” (#45,751). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “arresten” va en #45,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around arresten (IPA [aˈrest̪ẽn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,749 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for arresten, with forms such as "arersten", "aresten", and "arresetn". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "arresto", "arrestos", "agreste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is arresten, spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-E-N.

Definition

1
Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de arrestar o de arrestarse.
2
Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de arrestar o del imperativo negativo de arrestarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arersten
aresten
arresetn
arressten
arrestenn
arrestne
arrestten
arretsen
arrseten
raresten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arresten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "arresten"

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 "arresten"?

"arresten" is spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈrest̪ẽn].

What does "arresten" mean?

As a verb, "arresten" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de arrestar o de arrestarse.

What words are commonly confused with "arresten"?

"arresten" is commonly confused with "arresto", "arrestos", "agreste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "arresten"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arresten" is [aˈrest̪ẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "arresten" come from?

"arresten" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

astillas#45,756 atestado#45,757 apresura#45,739 autómata#45,760

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Arsenio10 variants average10 variants antifaz10 variants bistec10 variants