censurar

Name: censurar, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[sẽnsuˈɾaɾ]

/[sẽnsuˈɾaɾ]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“censurar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,898
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formar juicio de una obra u otra cosa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-censurar · censurar · Spanish

censurar · rank #17,898 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-MID #17,898
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH castle

Nearest frequency peer: castle (-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.

caricias

82,106
carnicero

82,105
castle

82,104
censurar

82,103
cerradura

82,102
chips

82,101

What this shows “censurar” 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).

censurar vs centrar

75% similar

censurar vs consular

75% similar

censurar vs censuras

88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for censurar
Property	Value
Headword	censurar
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[sẽnsuˈɾaɾ]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#17,898
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “censurar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).censurarcae aquí:

#17,898

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “castle” (#17,897), “cerradura” (#17,899), “carnicero” (#17,896). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “censurar” va en #17,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around censurar (IPA [sẽnsuˈɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,898 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for censurar, with forms such as "ccensurar", "cennsurar", and "censruar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "centrar", "consular", "censuras", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is censurar, spelled C-E-N-S-U-R-A-R.

Definition

1
Formar juicio de una obra u otra cosa.
2
Reprobar o notar por mala alguna cosa, casi siempre con base en la moral, con la intención de evitar que una acción continúe.
3
Murmurar, vituperar.
4
Examinar y remover, y a veces cambiar, partes de una obra o material de comunicación –comúnmente públicos o intelectuales–, con base en principios determinados por una autoridad o gobierno.

This word in other languages

censor(English)censurer(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccensurar
cennsurar
censruar
censsurar
censuarr
censurarr
censurrar
cenusrar
cesnurar
cnesurar
ecnsurar
sensurar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of censurar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "censurar"

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 "censurar"?

"censurar" is spelled C-E-N-S-U-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽnsuˈɾaɾ].

What does "censurar" mean?

As a verb, "censurar" means: Formar juicio de una obra u otra cosa.

What words are commonly confused with "censurar"?

"censurar" is commonly confused with "centrar", "consular", "censuras". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "censurar"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "censurar" is [sẽnsuˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "censurar" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caricias#17,895 cargadas#17,892 cirugías#17,906 caluroso#17,889

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

cerradura12 variants coincido12 variants Bangkok12 variants comparan12 variants