adulterar
[að̞ul̪t̪eˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“adulterar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #72,454 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #72,454
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alterar la calidad o pureza de algo por la adición de una sustancia extraña.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adulterar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [að̞ul̪t̪eˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adulterar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for adulterar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞ul̪t̪eˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,454 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for adulterar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is adulterar, spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Alterar la calidad o pureza de algo por la adición de una sustancia extraña.
- 2Falsificar o manipular la verdad.
- 3Cometer adulterio, faltar a la fidelidad conyugal.
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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Using “adulterar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [að̞ul̪t̪eˈɾaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.