rear
/ɹɪə̯(ɹ)/
The verdict
“rear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,451 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,451
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atrás.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rear · rear · Spanish
rear · rank #93,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,451
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH reaseguro
Nearest frequency peer: reaseguro (+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 “rear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ralentizado
ralentizado
6,555 corpus weight
- rasgando
rasgando
6,553 corpus weight
- rear
rear
6,550 corpus weight
- reaseguro
reaseguro
6,549 corpus weight
- Reca
Reca
6,548 corpus weight
- recepcionis…
recepcionistas
6,547 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪə̯(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,451 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹɪə̯(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rear, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is rear, spelled R-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Atrás.
- 2Trasero.
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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