claudicar
[klawð̞iˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“claudicar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,667 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,667
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terminar por ceder o rendirse a una presión o tentación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-claudicar · claudicar · Spanish
claudicar · rank #63,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,667
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH clasificador
Nearest frequency peer: clasificador (-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 “claudicar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chorrea
chorrea
36,337 corpus weight
- clasificador
clasificador
36,335 corpus weight
- claudicar
claudicar
36,334 corpus weight
- cojinetes
cojinetes
36,332 corpus weight
- colocaciones
colocaciones
36,331 corpus weight
- combatían
combatían
36,330 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “claudicar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claudicar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [klawð̞iˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “claudicar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
claudicar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,667 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [klawð̞iˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
claudicar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is claudicar, spelled C-L-A-U-D-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Terminar por ceder o rendirse a una presión o tentación.
- 2Quedar un órgano turbado como consecuencia de interrumpir su circulación de sangre.
- 3Cojear.
- 4Proceder y obrar defectuosa o desarregladamente.
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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