crecer

/[kɾeˈseɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,766

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

crecer is aSpanishverb. It means: De una persona o animal: hacerse más grande, sobre todo en estatura. Pronounced [kɾeˈseɾ]. It ranks #2,766 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cree and creer.

Key facts for crecer
PropertyValue
Headwordcrecer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kɾeˈseɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,766
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for crecer is 6 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for crecer, with forms such as "ccrecer", "cercer", and "crceer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cree", "creer", "creen", 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 crecer, spelled C-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
    De una persona o animal: hacerse más grande, sobre todo en estatura.
  2. 2
    Aumentar de tamaño.
  3. 3
    Aumentar la Luna su parte visible a la Tierra.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrecer,cercer,crceer,creccer,crecerr,crecre,creecr,creser,crrecer,rcecer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crecer

Misspelling Variants of "crecer"

ccrecer7cercer6crceer6creccer7crecerr7crecre6creecr6creser6
Misspelling Variants of "crecer"

Frequency rank: #2,766 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crecer"?
"crecer" is spelled C-R-E-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾeˈseɾ].
What does "crecer" mean?
As a verb, "crecer" means: De una persona o animal: hacerse más grande, sobre todo en estatura.
What words are commonly confused with "crecer"?
"crecer" is commonly confused with "cree", "creer", "creen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crecer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crecer" is [kɾeˈseɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crecer" come from?
"crecer" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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.