arriar
[aˈrjaɾ]
The verdict
“arriar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bajar las velas o las banderas de una embarcación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arriar · arriar · Spanish
arriar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arriar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈrjaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arriar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arriar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈrjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for arriar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 arriar, spelled A-R-R-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Bajar las velas o las banderas de una embarcación.
- 2Aflojar o soltar un cabo.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.