cargar

/[kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,978

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cargar is aSpanishverb. It means: Juntar y disponer los objetos sobre una persona o animal para su transporte. Pronounced [kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. It ranks #4,978 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with carr and cargo.

Key facts for cargar
PropertyValue
Headwordcargar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,978
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cargar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cargar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,978 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cargar, with forms such as "acrgar", "cagrar", and "caragr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "carr", "cargo", "crear", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cargar, spelled C-A-R-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juntar y disponer los objetos sobre una persona o animal para su transporte.
  2. 2
    Ponerle la munición a un arma de fuego.
  3. 3
    Usar la fuerza corporal para desequilibrar, estorbar o desplazar a un jugador rival.
  4. 4
    Fastidiar, molestar a alguien.
  5. 5
    Aplicar un impuesto o gravamen.
  6. 6
    Aumentar la cantidad de electricidad de un cuerpo, en especial hablando de pilas y baterías eléctricas.
  7. 7
    Reunir o juntar algunas cosas en gran cantidad.
  8. 8
    Atribuirle injusta y deliberadamente una falta o delito a una persona.
  9. 9
    En las cuentas, poner en el debe.
  10. 10
    Procesar el ordenador un programa para ponerlo al uso y disposición por parte del usuario.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrgar,cagrar,caragr,cargarr,carggar,cargra,carrgar,ccargar,cragar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cargar

Misspelling Variants of "cargar"

acrgar6cagrar6caragr6cargarr7carggar7cargra6carrgar7ccargar7
Misspelling Variants of "cargar"

Frequency rank: #4,978 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cargar"?
"cargar" is spelled C-A-R-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ].
What does "cargar" mean?
As a verb, "cargar" means: Juntar y disponer los objetos sobre una persona o animal para su transporte.
What words are commonly confused with "cargar"?
"cargar" is commonly confused with "carr", "cargo", "crear". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cargar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cargar" is [kaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cargar" come from?
"cargar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.