surcan
[ˈsuɾkãn]
The verdict
“surcan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,397 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,397
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” 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 indicativo de surcar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-surcan · surcan · Spanish
surcan · rank #84,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,397
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH supranacional…
Nearest frequency peer: supranacionales (-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 “surcan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sujetaban
sujetaban
15,608 corpus weight
- supranacion…
supranacionales
15,605 corpus weight
- surcan
surcan
15,604 corpus weight
- suscitadas
suscitadas
15,603 corpus weight
- sónica
sónica
15,600 corpus weight
- tachada
tachada
15,599 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “surcan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surcan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈsuɾkãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “surcan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
surcan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,397 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈsuɾkãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de surcar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for surcan, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is surcan, spelled S-U-R-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de surcar.
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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