cercenar
[seɾseˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“cercenar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,724 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,724
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cortar los extremos de alguna cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cercenar · cercenar · Spanish
cercenar · rank #82,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,724
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cercando
Nearest frequency peer: cercando (-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 “cercenar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- celosías
celosías
17,281 corpus weight
- centenarias
centenarias
17,279 corpus weight
- cercando
cercando
17,278 corpus weight
- cercenar
cercenar
17,277 corpus weight
- cerrillo
cerrillo
17,276 corpus weight
- cette
cette
17,275 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cercenar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cercenar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [seɾseˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cercenar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cercenar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,724 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [seɾseˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cercenar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cercenar, spelled C-E-R-C-E-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Cortar los extremos de alguna cosa.
- 2Disminuir o acortar algo.
Synonyms
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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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