ajar
[aˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“ajar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tierra sembrada de ajos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ajar · ajar · Spanish
ajar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | ajar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ajar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ajar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tierra sembrada de ajos.".
ajar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ajar, spelled A-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tierra sembrada de ajos.
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.