atar
[aˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“atar” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,564) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #21,564
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utilizar ligaduras o nudos para que algo quede sujeto o inmóvil.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atar · atar · Spanish
atar · rank #21,564 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,564
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH asociarse
Nearest frequency peer: asociarse (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “atar”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- arriesga
arriesga
78,440 corpus weight
- article
article
78,439 corpus weight
- asociarse
asociarse
78,438 corpus weight
- atar
atar
78,437 corpus weight
- atienda
atienda
78,436 corpus weight
- atrasados
atrasados
78,435 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “atar” against nearest ranked Spanish headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “atar” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for atar is neighbouring look-alikes ("aya", "ate", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [aˈt̪aɾ]. Frequency #21,564 among 7,704 “A” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for atar, with forms such as "aatr", "atarr", and "attar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aya", "ate", "ATM", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is atar, spelled A-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Utilizar ligaduras o nudos para que algo quede sujeto o inmóvil.
- 2Impedir el movimiento o el cambio de situación.
- 3Juntar, relacionar, unir, conciliar.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aatr
- atarr
- attar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).