apalear
[apaleˈaɾ]
The verdict
“apalear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,850 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,850
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Levantar el grano con la pala para que el viento separe la paja del grano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apalear · apalear · Spanish
apalear · rank #78,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,850
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apacibles
Nearest frequency peer: apacibles (-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 “apalear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- antológica
antológica
21,154 corpus weight
- anualidades
anualidades
21,153 corpus weight
- apacibles
apacibles
21,152 corpus weight
- apalear
apalear
21,151 corpus weight
- apaña
apaña
21,150 corpus weight
- apelamos
apelamos
21,149 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apalear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apalear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apaleˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apalear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apalear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,850 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apaleˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apalear, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is apalear, spelled A-P-A-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Levantar el grano con la pala para que el viento separe la paja del grano.
- 2Hacer ostentación de riqueza, mostrar que se tiene mucho dinero.
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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