chapuzar
[t͡ʃapuˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“chapuzar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrojar o empujar a alguien de cabeza en el agua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chapuzar · chapuzar · Spanish
chapuzar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chapuzar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡ʃapuˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chapuzar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chapuzar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡ʃapuˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arrojar o empujar a alguien de cabeza en el agua.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chapuzar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is chapuzar, spelled C-H-A-P-U-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Arrojar o empujar a alguien de cabeza en el agua.
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