arbitrar
[aɾβ̞iˈt̪ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“arbitrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,379 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,379
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ejercer de árbitro o juez en una disputa o conflicto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arbitrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aɾβ̞iˈt̪ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arbitrar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arbitrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,379 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aɾβ̞iˈt̪ɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arbitrar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is arbitrar, spelled A-R-B-I-T-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ejercer de árbitro o juez en una disputa o conflicto.
- 2Ejercer de árbitro en un encuentro deportivo.
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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Using “arbitrar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-B-I-T-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aɾβ̞iˈt̪ɾaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.