carece
[kaˈɾese]
The verdict
“carece” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,114
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
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 carecer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carece · carece · Spanish
carece · rank #7,114 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,114
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cap
Nearest frequency peer: cap (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “carece”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- cancelar
cancelar
92,890 corpus weight
- canciller
canciller
92,889 corpus weight
- cap
cap
92,888 corpus weight
- carece
carece
92,887 corpus weight
- catalanes
catalanes
92,886 corpus weight
- cayeron
cayeron
92,885 corpus weight
What this shows “carece” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carece |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaˈɾese] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “carece”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around carece (IPA [kaˈɾese]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,114 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for carece, with forms such as "acrece", "caerce", and "carcee". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cree", "carne", "crece", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is carece, spelled C-A-R-E-C-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de carecer.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de carecer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrece
- caerce
- carcee
- carecce
- careec
- carese
- carrece
- ccarece
- craece
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carece - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carece", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).