asentar
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#40,139
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
11
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
asentar is aSpanishverb. It means: Colocar, ubicar o poner algo o a alguien de tal manera que quede estable, firme. Pronounced [asẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with atenta and asentó.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asentar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [asẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for asentar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,139 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for asentar, with forms such as "acentar", "aesntar", and "asenatr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "atenta", "asentó", "asustar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is asentar, spelled A-S-E-N-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Colocar, ubicar o poner algo o a alguien de tal manera que quede estable, firme.
- 2Fundar, establecer, situar una edificación, un grupo humano, un pueblo, un barrio, etc.
- 3Dar un golpe fuerte y certero (diestro, en el lugar deseado).
- 4Hacer que algo quede llano, plano o liso, sin altibajos o arrugas.
- 5Incluir un dato en un documento o registro para que quede prueba y constancia de ello.
- 6Dar algo por verdadero, seguro o cierto; suponer, presuponer. Dar por sentado.
- 7Acordar o ajustar un tratado, convenio, pacto, un conjunto de condiciones, etc.
- 8Poner a alguien a la disposición o al servicio de otra persona.
- 9Asignar un impuesto, renta o tarifa sobre una propiedad inmueble.
- 10Poner a alguien con las piernas dobladas y las nalgas apoyadas en una superficie (como una silla, un banco, etc.).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acentar,aesntar,asenatr,asenntar,asentarr,asentra,asenttar,asetnar,asnetar,assentar,saentar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for asentar
Misspelling Variants of "asentar"
Frequency rank: #40,139 in Spanish
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