carecer

/[kaɾeˈseɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,414

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

carecer is aSpanishverb. It means: Tener falta de alguna cosa Pronounced [kaɾeˈseɾ]. Often confused with creer and crece.

Key facts for carecer
PropertyValue
Headwordcarecer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kaɾeˈseɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,414
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carecer in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carecer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾeˈseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,414 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tener falta de alguna cosa".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for carecer, with forms such as "acrecer", "caercer", and "carceer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "creer", "crece", "crecer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is carecer, spelled C-A-R-E-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tener falta de alguna cosa

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrecer,caercer,carceer,careccer,carecerr,carecre,careecr,careser,carrecer,ccarecer,craecer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carecer

Misspelling Variants of "carecer"

acrecer7caercer7carceer7careccer8carecerr8carecre7careecr7careser7
Misspelling Variants of "carecer"

Frequency rank: #24,414 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carecer"?
"carecer" is spelled C-A-R-E-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾeˈseɾ].
What does "carecer" mean?
As a verb, "carecer" means: Tener falta de alguna cosa
What words are commonly confused with "carecer"?
"carecer" is commonly confused with "creer", "crece", "crecer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carecer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carecer" is [kaɾeˈseɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carecer" come from?
"carecer" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.