apropiar
[apɾoˈpjaɾ]
The verdict
“apropiar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,557 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,557
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adecuar una cosa a otra: el profesor de arte dramático nos enseña a apropiar la voz al gesto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apropiar · apropiar · Spanish
apropiar · rank #89,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,557
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arenillas
Nearest frequency peer: arenillas (+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 “apropiar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Apolonia
Apolonia
10,448 corpus weight
- approaches
approaches
10,446 corpus weight
- apropiar
apropiar
10,444 corpus weight
- arenillas
arenillas
10,443 corpus weight
- arequipeño
arequipeño
10,442 corpus weight
- argumentada
argumentada
10,441 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apropiar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apropiar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apɾoˈpjaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apropiar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apropiar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,557 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apɾoˈpjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for apropiar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is apropiar, spelled A-P-R-O-P-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Adecuar una cosa a otra: el profesor de arte dramático nos enseña a apropiar la voz al gesto.
- 2apropiarse Adueñarse de algo que pertenece a otra persona, especialmente si es de forma indebida: siempre se apropia de las ideas e iniciativas que se me ocurren a mí. apoderarse.
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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