críen
[ˈkɾiẽn]
The verdict
“críen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,786 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,786
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de criar o de criarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-crien · críen · Spanish
críen · rank #91,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,786
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cronometrados
Nearest frequency peer: cronometrados (-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 “críen”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cortarán
cortarán
8,223 corpus weight
- corteja
corteja
8,222 corpus weight
- cortitos
cortitos
8,221 corpus weight
- cronometrad…
cronometrados
8,216 corpus weight
- críen
críen
8,215 corpus weight
- cuarentenas
cuarentenas
8,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “críen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | críen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkɾiẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “críen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
críen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,786 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkɾiẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for críen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 críen, spelled C-R-Í-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de criar o de criarse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de criar o del imperativo negativo de criarse.
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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