amortiguar
[amoɾt̪iˈɣ̞waɾ]
The verdict
“amortiguar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,686 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,686
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reducir la viveza o intensidad de algo
Corpus desk
Index ES-amortiguar · amortiguar · Spanish
amortiguar · rank #50,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,686
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH amparos
Nearest frequency peer: amparos (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “amortiguar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aludida
aludida
49,318 corpus weight
- Alvar
Alvar
49,317 corpus weight
- amortiguar
amortiguar
49,315 corpus weight
- amparos
amparos
49,314 corpus weight
- anaconda
anaconda
49,313 corpus weight
- analfabetas
analfabetas
49,312 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “amortiguar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amortiguar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [amoɾt̪iˈɣ̞waɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “amortiguar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
amortiguar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,686 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [amoɾt̪iˈɣ̞waɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reducir la viveza o intensidad de algo".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for amortiguar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is amortiguar, spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-G-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1Reducir la viveza o intensidad de algo
This word in other languages
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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