adular
[að̞uˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“adular” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,573 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer o decir con intención, a veces inmoderadamente, lo que se cree que puede agradar a otro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-adular · adular · Spanish
adular · rank #71,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,573
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH advirtiera
Nearest frequency peer: advirtiera (+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 “adular”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- admiraban
admiraban
28,432 corpus weight
- admiradas
admiradas
28,431 corpus weight
- adquiriera
adquiriera
28,430 corpus weight
- adular
adular
28,428 corpus weight
- advirtiera
advirtiera
28,427 corpus weight
- afectuosos
afectuosos
28,425 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “adular” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adular |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [að̞uˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “adular” en español
Rare enough to double-check
adular is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,573 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [að̞uˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for adular, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is adular, spelled A-D-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer o decir con intención, a veces inmoderadamente, lo que se cree que puede agradar a otro.
- 2Producir alegría o gozo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Pero sospecho que el tal colega me quiso adular para evitarse un disgusto».
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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