aligar
[aliˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“aligar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujetar o fijar con cuerdas de tal modo que se impida el movimiento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aligar · aligar · Spanish
aligar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | aligar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aliˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “aligar” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
aligar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aliˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aligar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct Spanish form is aligar, spelled A-L-I-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sujetar o fijar con cuerdas de tal modo que se impida el movimiento.
- 2Poner cosas o personas a actuar juntas para un objetivo común.
Antonyms
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.
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