avasallar

[aβ̞asaˈʝaɾ]

/[aβ̞asaˈʝaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“avasallar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,498 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,498
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujetar, rendir o someter a obediencia.

Corpus desk

Index ES-avasallar · avasallar · Spanish

avasallar · rank #86,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,498
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH avisad

Nearest frequency peer: avisad (+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 “avasallar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “avasallar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for avasallar
PropertyValue
Headwordavasallar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aβ̞asaˈʝaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,498
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “avasallar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.avasallarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “avisad” (#86,499), “azuladas” (#86,501), “atragantado” (#86,494). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “avasallar” va en #86,498. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

avasallar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,498 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞asaˈʝaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for avasallar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is avasallar, spelled A-V-A-S-A-L-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sujetar, rendir o someter a obediencia.
  2. 2
    Hacerse una persona súbdita o vasalla de algún rey o señor.
  3. 3
    Sujetarse, someterse por impotencia o debilidad a quien tiene poder o valimiento.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how avasallar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Las Fuerzas de Defensa, no siempre fueron una organización de terror para avasallar al pueblo. En su origen fueron una Policía, casi igual a la actual».
  2. «Supongo que se trata de que es difícil resignarse a dejarse avasallar. Sólo los vasallos se dejan. Y a algunos parece que les gusta».

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avasallar"?
"avasallar" is spelled A-V-A-S-A-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞asaˈʝaɾ].
What does "avasallar" mean?
As a verb, "avasallar" means: Sujetar, rendir o someter a obediencia.
How do you pronounce "avasallar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avasallar" is [aβ̞asaˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avasallar" come from?
"avasallar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "avasallar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list