bear

/bɛə(ɹ)/

//bɛə(ɹ)// verb

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The verdict

“bear” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,034) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,034
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soportar, aguantar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-bear · bear · Spanish

bear · rank #24,034 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,034
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH bebido

Nearest frequency peer: bebido (+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 “bear”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “bear” 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).

bear vs ben
50% similar
bear vs bla
50% similar
bear vs bel
50% similar

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

Key facts for bear
PropertyValue
Headwordbear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bɛə(ɹ)/
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,034
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “bear”

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

#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 “bebido” (#24,035), “bautizo” (#24,032), “bendecido” (#24,036). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “bear” va en #24,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for bear is neighbouring look-alikes ("ben", "bla", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /bɛə(ɹ)/. Frequency #24,034 among 2,459 “B” headwords. 13 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for bear, with forms such as "baer", "bbear", and "bearr". 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, "ben", "bla", "bel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is bear, spelled B-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soportar, aguantar.
  2. 2
    Resistir, aguantar.
  3. 3
    Tolerar.
  4. 4
    Parir, dar a luz.
  5. 5
    Producir naturalmente, dar.
  6. 6
    Cargar, llevar.
  7. 7
    Conducirse.
  8. 8
    Difundir chismes o historias, chismorrear.
  9. 9
    Virar.
  10. 10
    Tener, poseer.
  11. 11
    Aceptar obligaciones, responsabilidad, etc.
  12. 12
    Rendir, dar.
  13. 13
    Estar localizado, situado.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. My mother bore me in the southern wild.
  2. A Peasant had in his garden an Apple-Tree which bore no fruit.

Synonyms

standresisttolerategive birthproducecarryturnhavepossess

Antonyms

killassassinate

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • baer
  • bbear
  • bearr
  • ebar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bear - 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.

baer2bbear1bearr1ebar2
Edit distance from "bear"

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 "bear"?
"bear" is spelled B-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /bɛə(ɹ)/.
What does "bear" mean?
As a verb, "bear" means: Soportar, aguantar.
What words are commonly confused with "bear"?
"bear" is commonly confused with "ben", "bla", "bel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bear" is /bɛə(ɹ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bear" come from?
"bear" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

boba#24,041arpa#24,025carr#24,055cuña#24,091

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list