crecer
[kɾeˈseɾ]
The verdict
“crecer” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,766 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,766
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De una persona o animal: hacerse más grande, sobre todo en estatura.
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 | crecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɾeˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crecer” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for crecer is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾeˈseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,766 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for crecer, with forms such as "ccrecer", "cercer", and "crceer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cree", "creer", "creen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is crecer, spelled C-R-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1De una persona o animal: hacerse más grande, sobre todo en estatura.
- 2Aumentar de tamaño.
- 3Aumentar la Luna su parte visible a la Tierra.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccrecer,cercer,crceer,creccer,crecerr,crecre,creecr,creser,crrecer,rcecer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crecer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “crecer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-E-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɾeˈseɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cree” - see the side-by-side comparison. crecer vs cree
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.