asar

[aˈsaɾ]

/[aˈsaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“asar” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #37,969) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#37,969
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cocer por convección directa del calor a través del aire, sin un medio líquido u oleoso intermediario.

Corpus desk

Index ES-asar · asar · Spanish

asar · rank #37,969 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,969
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aseguradas

Nearest frequency peer: aseguradas (+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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “asar”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “asar” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

asar vs así
50% similar
asar vs ash
50% similar
asar vs aya
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for asar
PropertyValue
Headwordasar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aˈsaɾ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#37,969
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “asar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).asarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “aseguradas” (#37,970), “asalta” (#37,967), “asegurate” (#37,971). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “asar” va en #37,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for asar is neighbouring look-alikes ("así", "ash", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [aˈsaɾ]. Frequency #37,969 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for asar, with forms such as "aasr", "asarr", and "assar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "así", "ash", "aya", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 asar, spelled A-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cocer por convección directa del calor a través del aire, sin un medio líquido u oleoso intermediario.
  2. 2
    Cocer alimento sobre una parrilla, como carne o verduras, con la acción directa del fuego.
  3. 3
    Cocer un alimento en un horno.

Synonyms

tostarabrasarhornear

This word in other languages

grill(English)grillen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aasr
  • asarr
  • assar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aasr2asarr1assar1
Edit distance from "asar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asar"?
"asar" is spelled A-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈsaɾ].
What does "asar" mean?
As a verb, "asar" means: Cocer por convección directa del calor a través del aire, sin un medio líquido u oleoso intermediario.
What words are commonly confused with "asar"?
"asar" is commonly confused with "así", "ash", "aya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "asar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asar" is [aˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asar" come from?
"asar" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "asar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bomb#37,986alud#37,942alce#37,936wake#37,912

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list