abanar
[aβ̞aˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“abanar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mover o agitar en vaivén un objeto. Cribar y abanicar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-abanar · abanar · Spanish
abanar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abanar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞aˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “abanar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
abanar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞aˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mover o agitar en vaivén un objeto. Cribar y abanicar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for abanar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is abanar, spelled A-B-A-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mover o agitar en vaivén un objeto. Cribar y abanicar.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.