erase
[eˈɾase]
The verdict
“erase” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,008 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,008
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de erar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-erase · erase · Spanish
erase · rank #60,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,008
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH envidian
Nearest frequency peer: envidian (-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 “erase”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- entorpece
entorpece
39,996 corpus weight
- entregues
entregues
39,995 corpus weight
- envidian
envidian
39,994 corpus weight
- erase
erase
39,993 corpus weight
- eris
eris
39,992 corpus weight
- escandalizan
escandalizan
39,991 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “erase” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erase |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eˈɾase] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “erase” en español
Rare enough to double-check
erase is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,008 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eˈɾase]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erase, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is erase, spelled E-R-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de erar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de erar.
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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