atrever
[at̪ɾeˈβ̞eɾ]
The verdict
“atrever” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,613 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,613
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mostrar insolencia o irrespeto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atrever |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪ɾeˈβ̞eɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atrever” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
atrever is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,613 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪ɾeˈβ̞eɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for atrever, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 atrever, spelled A-T-R-E-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mostrar insolencia o irrespeto.
- 2Mostrar disposición a poner en obra una acción de riesgo.
- 3Infinitivo de atreverse (verbo pronominal). :*Uso: admite doble sintaxis: «se va a atrever» o «va a atreverse».
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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Using “atrever”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-T-R-E-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [at̪ɾeˈβ̞eɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.