asir
[aˈsiɾ]
The verdict
“asir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,586 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,586
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emplear las manos u otro apéndice para retener o sostener una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-asir · asir · Spanish
asir · rank #63,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,586
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH asintiendo
Nearest frequency peer: asintiendo (-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 “asir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- arguye
arguye
36,419 corpus weight
- ascendiente
ascendiente
36,417 corpus weight
- asintiendo
asintiendo
36,416 corpus weight
- asir
asir
36,415 corpus weight
- Aspe
Aspe
36,414 corpus weight
- atropellaron
atropellaron
36,411 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “asir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈsiɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “asir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
asir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,586 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈsiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Emplear las manos u otro apéndice para retener o sostener una cosa.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for asir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 asir, spelled A-S-I-R.
Definition
- 1Emplear las manos u otro apéndice para retener o sostener una cosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how asir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En aquel instante, Lacambra, que no tenía rivales en punto a velocidad en la carrera, asió con ambas manos la cola del caballo.
Transpuesto mi escape de adrenalina, ya Tub se había separado de la vería y era aquel abrigo rojo que caminaba, rozando la yema del anular izquierdo por la piedra, con la cabeza ladeada, invitándome a que la alcanzase y asiese una de sus manos.
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); 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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