atrasar
[at̪ɾaˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“atrasar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,313 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,313
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dejar a otro detrás de sí.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atrasar · atrasar · Spanish
atrasar · rank #68,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,313
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atemorizante
Nearest frequency peer: atemorizante (-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 “atrasar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- asombran
asombran
31,694 corpus weight
- atemorizado
atemorizado
31,690 corpus weight
- atemorizante
atemorizante
31,689 corpus weight
- atrasar
atrasar
31,688 corpus weight
- atribuían
atribuían
31,687 corpus weight
- aumentarse
aumentarse
31,685 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “atrasar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atrasar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪ɾaˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “atrasar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
atrasar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,313 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪ɾaˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
atrasar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is atrasar, spelled A-T-R-A-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dejar a otro detrás de sí.
- 2Estorbar que otro adelante en su fortuna o conveniencias.
- 3Suspender o dejar para más tarde la ejecución de alguna cosa.
- 4Hacer algo después del tiempo inicialmente acordado o estipulado.
- 5Dicho del reloj, hacer retroceder las manecillas de este.
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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