burlar
[buɾˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“burlar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,406
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Engañar, mentir a alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-burlar · burlar · Spanish
burlar · rank #24,406 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,406
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bucal
Nearest frequency peer: bucal (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “burlar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- bit
bit
75,599 corpus weight
- bloquearon
bloquearon
75,598 corpus weight
- bucal
bucal
75,596 corpus weight
- burlar
burlar
75,595 corpus weight
- buzo
buzo
75,594 corpus weight
- básquet
básquet
75,593 corpus weight
What this shows “burlar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | burlar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [buɾˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “burlar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around burlar (IPA [buɾˈlaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,406 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for burlar, with forms such as "bburlar", "brular", and "bulrar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "burra", "buscar", "burlas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is burlar, spelled B-U-R-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Engañar, mentir a alguien.
- 2Conseguir desorientar o impedir de alguna forma que un perseguidor continúe con la persecución.
- 3Eludir alguien una acción que le perjudica.
- 4Hacer burla de alguien o algo, convertir a una persona o a una cosa en objeto de chiste o risa.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bburlar
- brular
- bulrar
- buralr
- burlarr
- burllar
- burlra
- burrlar
- ubrlar
- vurlar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burlar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "burlar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).