sacuden
[saˈkuð̞ẽn]
The verdict
“sacuden” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,557 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,557
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sacudir o de sacudirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sacuden · sacuden · Spanish
sacuden · rank #50,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,557
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH sacrificaron
Nearest frequency peer: sacrificaron (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sacuden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sabah
sabah
49,447 corpus weight
- sacrificaron
sacrificaron
49,445 corpus weight
- sacuden
sacuden
49,444 corpus weight
- sadismo
sadismo
49,443 corpus weight
- salpica
salpica
49,442 corpus weight
- salpicada
salpicada
49,441 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sacuden” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacuden |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [saˈkuð̞ẽn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacuden” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sacuden is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,557 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [saˈkuð̞ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sacudir o de sacudirse.".
sacuden has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sacuden, spelled S-A-C-U-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sacudir o de sacudirse.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.