arbitrar
[aɾβ̞iˈt̪ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“arbitrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,379 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,379
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ejercer de árbitro o juez en una disputa o conflicto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arbitrar · arbitrar · Spanish
arbitrar · rank #55,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,379
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Arancibia
Nearest frequency peer: Arancibia (-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 “arbitrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aprovecharía
aprovecharía
44,625 corpus weight
- apócrifos
apócrifos
44,624 corpus weight
- Arancibia
Arancibia
44,623 corpus weight
- arbitrar
arbitrar
44,622 corpus weight
- arcaicos
arcaicos
44,621 corpus weight
- arrancará
arrancará
44,619 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arbitrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “arbitrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arbitrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,379 among 7,704 “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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