arrastrar
[arasˈt̪ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“arrastrar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,507
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mover un objeto de lugar sin levantarlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arrastrar · arrastrar · Spanish
arrastrar · rank #16,507 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,507
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atraviesan
Nearest frequency peer: atraviesan (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “arrastrar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- aprendieron
aprendieron
83,497 corpus weight
- Aquiles
Aquiles
83,496 corpus weight
- arrastrar
arrastrar
83,494 corpus weight
- atraviesan
atraviesan
83,493 corpus weight
- azufre
azufre
83,492 corpus weight
- balcones
balcones
83,491 corpus weight
What this shows “arrastrar” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrastrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [arasˈt̪ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “arrastrar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around arrastrar (IPA [arasˈt̪ɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,507 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrastrar, with forms such as "ararstrar", "arastrar", and "arrasrtar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "arrestar", "arrastre", "arrastraron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is arrastrar, spelled A-R-R-A-S-T-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mover un objeto de lugar sin levantarlo.
- 2Desplazar el ratón de un computador para mover objetos de la pantalla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arrastrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si bien tuvo que afrontar una profunda crisis financiera en el año 2002 que arrastró a la pobreza a muchos uruguayos, así como un brote inesperado de fiebre aftosa, su gobierno fue artífice de un posterior crecimiento récord en la economía.
Enseguida, la invasión francesa arrastraría al país a un ciclo de revolución y reacción que marcaría el siglo siguiente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ararstrar
- arastrar
- arrasrtar
- arrasstrar
- arrastarr
- arrastrarr
- arrastrrar
- arrasttrar
- arratsrar
- arrsatrar
- rarastrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrastrar - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).