chupar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#12,994
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
14
similar word pairs
chupar is aSpanishverb. It means: Aspirar con fuerza, usando los labios y la succión de la garganta para extraer algo del material o recipiente que lo contiene. Pronounced [t͡ʃuˈpaɾ]. Often confused with curar and chupe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chupar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡ʃuˈpaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for chupar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃuˈpaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,994 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 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 chupar, with forms such as "cchupar", "chhupar", and "chpuar". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "curar", "chupe", "chupo", 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 chupar, spelled C-H-U-P-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Aspirar con fuerza, usando los labios y la succión de la garganta para extraer algo del material o recipiente que lo contiene.
- 2Por extensión, absorber e incorporar algo del medio, en especial un líquido.
- 3Rozar con la lengua y los labios.
- 4Consumir bebidas alcohólicas, en especial hasta la ebriedad.
- 5Jugar de manera excesivamente centrada en el lucimiento individual en un deporte de equipo.
- 6Consumir el humo del tabaco.
- 7Apresar las autoridades a alguno.
- 8Consumir o agotar muy rápido algún recurso, en especial dinero o gasolina.
- 9Perder la lozanía o apariencia juvenil.
- 10Perder masa muscular o fuerza.
- 11Robar. Apropiarse de algo en forma indebida.
- 12Besar a alguien en los labios de forma apasionada.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchupar,chhupar,chpuar,chuapr,chuparr,chuppar,chupra,cuhpar,hcupar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chupar
Misspelling Variants of "chupar"
Frequency rank: #12,994 in Spanish
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