aplicar

Name: aplicar, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[apliˈkaɾ]

/[apliˈkaɾ]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“aplicar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,861
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner una cosa sobre o en contacto de otra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aplicar · aplicar · Spanish

aplicar · rank #2,861 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,861
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH anuncio

Nearest frequency peer: anuncio (-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.

Alejandro

97,143
antecedentes

97,142
anuncio

97,141
aplicar

97,140
audio

97,139
azúcar

97,138

What this shows “aplicar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aplicar vs aplico

71% similar

aplicar vs aplicará

88% similar

aplicar vs aplicarse

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aplicar
Property	Value
Headword	aplicar
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[apliˈkaɾ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#2,861
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	16
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “aplicar”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).aplicarcae aquí:

#2,861

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “anuncio” (#2,860), “audio” (#2,862), “antecedentes” (#2,859). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aplicar” va en #2,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around aplicar (IPA [apliˈkaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,861 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for aplicar, with forms such as "alpicar", "apilcar", and "aplciar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "aplico", "aplicará", "aplicarse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 aplicar, spelled A-P-L-I-C-A-R.

Definition

1
Poner una cosa sobre o en contacto de otra.
2
Emplear alguna cosa, o los principios o procedimientos que le son propios, para mejor conseguir un determinado fin.
3
Referir a un caso particular lo que se ha dicho en general, o a un individuo lo que se ha dicho de otro.
4
Atribuir o imputar a alguien algún hecho o dicho.
5
Destinar, asignar, adjudicar.
6
Adjudicar bienes o efectos.

This word in other languages

use(English)employer(Français)gebrauchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

alpicar
apilcar
aplciar
apliacr
aplicarr
apliccar
aplicra
apllicar
applicar
palicar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aplicar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "aplicar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aplicar"?

"aplicar" is spelled A-P-L-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [apliˈkaɾ].

What does "aplicar" mean?

As a verb, "aplicar" means: Poner una cosa sobre o en contacto de otra.

What words are commonly confused with "aplicar"?

"aplicar" is commonly confused with "aplico", "aplicará", "aplicarse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "aplicar"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aplicar" is [apliˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "aplicar" come from?

"aplicar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aplicar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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