arrimar
[ariˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“arrimar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,136 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,136
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acercar mucho una cosa a otra hasta dejarlas juntas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arrimar · arrimar · Spanish
arrimar · rank #65,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,136
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arribado
Nearest frequency peer: arribado (-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 “arrimar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- armenias
armenias
34,868 corpus weight
- Arregui
Arregui
34,867 corpus weight
- arribado
arribado
34,866 corpus weight
- arrimar
arrimar
34,865 corpus weight
- atacará
atacará
34,864 corpus weight
- atrapo
atrapo
34,863 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arrimar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrimar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ariˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arrimar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arrimar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,136 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ariˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arrimar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 arrimar, spelled A-R-R-I-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Acercar mucho una cosa a otra hasta dejarlas juntas.
- 2Con nombres expresivos de cosas materiales: Dejar o abandonar la profesión, ejercicio, etc., simbolizados por ellas.
- 3Arrinconar, apartar, ignorar.
- 4Dicho de un golpe: Dar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arrimar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… mi amigo se arrima bajo mi ventana y permanece allí, velando mi sueño, hasta el amanecer.
Arrimar un puntapié, un bofetón.
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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