arrasar
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#29,928
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
18
similar word pairs
arrasar is aSpanishverb. It means: Poner una superficie llana o plana, hasta que todo quede al mismo nivel (a ras). Pronounced [araˈsaɾ]. Often confused with atrapar and arrojar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrasar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [araˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for arrasar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [araˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,928 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for arrasar, with forms such as "ararsar", "arasar", and "arraasr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "atrapar", "arrojar", "arribar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is arrasar, spelled A-R-R-A-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Poner una superficie llana o plana, hasta que todo quede al mismo nivel (a ras).
- 2Destruir por completo, reducir a ruinas, pedazos o polvo, especialmente un lugar, una ciudad, o un terreno.
- 3Poner a ras o igualar con un rasero la medida de diversos granos tales como el trigo, la cebada, etc., u otros materiales arenosos.
- 4Llenar hasta el tope un recipiente, especialmente con líquido.
- 5Llenar los ojos de llanto.
- 6Cortar el pelo del cuerpo, en particular el de la cara.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ararsar,arasar,arraasr,arrasarr,arrasra,arrassar,arrsaar,rarasar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for arrasar
Misspelling Variants of "arrasar"
Frequency rank: #29,928 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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