# cerrar vs cerrarse

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### cerrar
*verb · IPA [seˈraɾ] · frequency rank #2,070*
Colocar o modificar algo para evitar su apertura.

### cerrarse
*verb · IPA [seˈraɾse] · frequency rank #26,756*
Cerrar (uso pronominal de ...)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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