abofetear
[aβ̞ofet̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“abofetear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,901 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,901
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpear a alguien en la mejilla con la mano abierta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-abofetear · abofetear · Spanish
abofetear · rank #76,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,901
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ablanda
Nearest frequency peer: ablanda (-2 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 “abofetear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Ábalos
Ábalos
23,106 corpus weight
- aban
aban
23,103 corpus weight
- ablanda
ablanda
23,102 corpus weight
- abofetear
abofetear
23,100 corpus weight
- abstendrá
abstendrá
23,097 corpus weight
- acatando
acatando
23,095 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “abofetear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abofetear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞ofet̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “abofetear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
abofetear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,901 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞ofet̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Golpear a alguien en la mejilla con la mano abierta.".
abofetear doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is abofetear, spelled A-B-O-F-E-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Golpear a alguien en la mejilla con la mano abierta.
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); 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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