castrar
[kasˈt̪ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“castrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,134 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,134
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capar, quitar los testículos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-castrar · castrar · Spanish
castrar · rank #62,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,134
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caucásica
Nearest frequency peer: caucásica (+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 “castrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- caprichosos
caprichosos
37,871 corpus weight
- cargueros
cargueros
37,870 corpus weight
- castrar
castrar
37,867 corpus weight
- caucásica
caucásica
37,866 corpus weight
- cautivas
cautivas
37,865 corpus weight
- ceci
ceci
37,863 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “castrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kasˈt̪ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “castrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
castrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,134 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kasˈt̪ɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
castrar has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is castrar, spelled C-A-S-T-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Capar, quitar los testículos.
- 2Secar o enjugar las llagas.
- 3Cortar las ramas de los árboles, vides y otras plantas.
- 4Quitar a las colmenas los panales con miel.
- 5Privar a una planta de los órganos de uno y otro sexo antes de verificarse la fecundación, quitándole la facultad de fecundar sus semillas.
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.
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