atornillar
[at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]
The verdict
“atornillar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #92,696 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #92,696
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Introducir uno o más tornillos haciéndolos girar alrededor de su eje.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atornillar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “atornillar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for atornillar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,696 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
atornillar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct Spanish form is atornillar, spelled A-T-O-R-N-I-L-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Introducir uno o más tornillos haciéndolos girar alrededor de su eje.
- 2Fijar o sujetar algo por medio de tornillos.
- 3Forzar a alguien a cierta conducta, especialmente en relación con mantenerse en un lugar, situación, cargo, etc.
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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Using “atornillar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-T-O-R-N-I-L-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.