atornillar
[at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]
The verdict
“atornillar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,696 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,696
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Introducir uno o más tornillos haciéndolos girar alrededor de su eje.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atornillar · atornillar · Spanish
atornillar · rank #92,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,696
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aterrizará
Nearest frequency peer: aterrizará (-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 “atornillar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- astutas
astutas
7,308 corpus weight
- aterciopela…
aterciopelada
7,307 corpus weight
- aterrizará
aterrizará
7,306 corpus weight
- atornillar
atornillar
7,305 corpus weight
- atorrante
atorrante
7,304 corpus weight
- attacks
attacks
7,302 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “atornillar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “atornillar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
atornillar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,696 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪oɾniˈʝaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how atornillar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Con el fin de crear la estructura más robusta, debes utilizar el tipo correcto de los tornillos y hay que atornillarlos de forma correcta.
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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