ampararse
[ãmpaˈɾaɾse]
The verdict
“ampararse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,613 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,613
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valerse del favor o protección de alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ampararse · ampararse · Spanish
ampararse · rank #83,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,613
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH amenazadoras
Nearest frequency peer: amenazadoras (-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 “ampararse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- alquilas
alquilas
16,394 corpus weight
- alternada
alternada
16,393 corpus weight
- aludidas
aludidas
16,392 corpus weight
- alunizaje
alunizaje
16,391 corpus weight
- amenazadoras
amenazadoras
16,389 corpus weight
- ampararse
ampararse
16,388 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ampararse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ampararse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ãmpaˈɾaɾse] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ampararse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ampararse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,613 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ãmpaˈɾaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ampararse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ampararse, spelled A-M-P-A-R-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Valerse del favor o protección de alguien.
- 2Defenderse, guarecerse.
- 3Apoyarse en la evidencia de algo para fundamentar una tesis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ampararse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ampararse en las estadísticas.
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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