arrugar
[aruˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“arrugar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,481 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,481
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Producir, poner o hacer arrugas (pliegues en la piel o en un material flexible como telas, papel, etc.).
Corpus desk
Index ES-arrugar · arrugar · Spanish
arrugar · rank #86,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,481
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH asalariada
Nearest frequency peer: asalariada (+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 “arrugar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- arrayanes
arrayanes
13,524 corpus weight
- arrinconados
arrinconados
13,522 corpus weight
- arrugar
arrugar
13,520 corpus weight
- asalariada
asalariada
13,519 corpus weight
- aserrado
aserrado
13,517 corpus weight
- asintomática
asintomática
13,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arrugar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrugar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aruˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arrugar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arrugar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,481 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aruˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
arrugar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is arrugar, spelled A-R-R-U-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Producir, poner o hacer arrugas (pliegues en la piel o en un material flexible como telas, papel, etc.).
- 2Mostrar furia o enojo con gestos en el rostro o el semblante, poniendo arrugas o pliegues en el ceño, el entrecejo, la frente, la nariz, etc.
- 3Causar rabia, enojo, fastidio o rechazo.
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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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