alegrar
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#32,486
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
alegrar is aSpanishverb. It means: Causar alegría. Pronounced [aleˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]. Often confused with alegre and alegro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alegrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aleˈɣ̞ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alegrar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aleˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,486 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for alegrar, with forms such as "aelgrar", "aleggrar", and "alegrarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "alegre", "alegro", "alejar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is alegrar, spelled A-L-E-G-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Causar alegría.
- 2Hermosear las cosas inanimadas.
- 3Despabilar, avivar la luz con el alegrador.
- 4Avivar la lumbre revolviéndola.
- 5Aumentar un taladro, agujero o cavidad cualquiera.
- 6Legrar, raer y manifestar el casco o hueso en las heridas de cabeza con la legra.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aelgrar,aleggrar,alegrarr,alegrrar,alergar,algerar,allegrar,laegrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alegrar
Misspelling Variants of "alegrar"
Frequency rank: #32,486 in Spanish
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