candar
[kãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
The verdict
“candar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asegurar bajo llave o con algún otro mecanismo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-candar · candar · Spanish
candar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | candar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kãn̪ˈd̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “candar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
candar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Asegurar bajo llave o con algún otro mecanismo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for candar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is candar, spelled C-A-N-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Asegurar bajo llave o con algún otro mecanismo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.