amonestar
[amonesˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“amonestar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,183 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,183
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite.
Corpus desk
Index ES-amonestar · amonestar · Spanish
amonestar · rank #99,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,183
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH anchoveta
Nearest frequency peer: anchoveta (+3 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “amonestar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- almighty
almighty
825 corpus weight
- Altuna
Altuna
823 corpus weight
- amonestar
amonestar
818 corpus weight
- anchoveta
anchoveta
815 corpus weight
- anemias
anemias
813 corpus weight
- antepecho
antepecho
811 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “amonestar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amonestar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [amonesˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “amonestar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
amonestar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,183 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [amonesˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amonestar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 amonestar, spelled A-M-O-N-E-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite.
- 2Advertir y aplicar un correctivo a una persona por una falta que esta haya cometido. Suele ser más leve que una sanción en sí.
- 3Publicar en la iglesia al tiempo de la misa mayor los nombres y otras circunstancias de las personas que quieren contraer matrimonio u ordenarse, para que si alguien supiere algún impedimento lo denuncie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amonestar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Esta fábula amonesta que ninguno sea ingrato al beneficio que recibe, antes bien se muestre siempre agradecido y lo pague cuando se le ofreciere ocasión.
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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