carcome
[kaɾˈkome]
The verdict
“carcome” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,553 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,553
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de carcomer o de carcomerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carcome · carcome · Spanish
carcome · rank #67,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,553
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH carolinas
Nearest frequency peer: carolinas (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “carcome”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cantautores
cantautores
32,452 corpus weight
- Capdevila
Capdevila
32,451 corpus weight
- carcome
carcome
32,448 corpus weight
- carolinas
carolinas
32,447 corpus weight
- Carte
Carte
32,446 corpus weight
- carteros
carteros
32,445 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carcome” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carcome |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaɾˈkome] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carcome” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carcome is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,553 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kaɾˈkome]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for carcome, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is carcome, spelled C-A-R-C-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de carcomer o de carcomerse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de carcomer.
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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