alargar

Name: alargar, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[alaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

/[alaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“alargar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,563
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar más longitud a una cosa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alargar · alargar · Spanish

alargar · rank #22,563 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-MID #22,563
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH alabado

Nearest frequency peer: alabado (-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.

agrupados

77,441
ahogar

77,440
alabado

77,439
alargar

77,438
alcohólica

77,437
Alepo

77,436

What this shows “alargar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

alargar vs alarma

71% similar

alargar vs apagar

71% similar

alargar vs amarga

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for alargar
Property	Value
Headword	alargar
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[alaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#22,563
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alargar”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.alargarcae aquí:

#22,563

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “alabado” (#22,562), “alcohólica” (#22,564), “ahogar” (#22,561). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alargar” va en #22,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around alargar (IPA [alaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,563 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alargar, with forms such as "aalrgar", "alagrar", and "alaragr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "alarma", "apagar", "amarga", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 alargar, spelled A-L-A-R-G-A-R.

Definition

1
Dar más longitud a una cosa.
2
Prolongar una cosa; hacer que dure más tiempo.
3
Alcanzar algo y darle a otro que está apartado.
4
Dar cuerda o ir soltando poco a poco algún cabo, maroma u otra cosa semejante, hasta que llegue a la medida necesaria.
5
Hacer que adelante o avance alguna gente.
6
Aumentar la cantidad o número señalado.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aalrgar
alagrar
alaragr
alargarr
alarggar
alargra
alarrgar
allargar
alragar
laargar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alargar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "alargar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alargar"?

"alargar" is spelled A-L-A-R-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [alaɾˈɣ̞aɾ].

What does "alargar" mean?

As a verb, "alargar" means: Dar más longitud a una cosa.

What words are commonly confused with "alargar"?

"alargar" is commonly confused with "alarma", "apagar", "amarga". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "alargar"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alargar" is [alaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "alargar" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alargar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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