cobijar
[koβ̞iˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“cobijar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar cobijo o refugio; guarecer, especialmente de la intemperie o del frío y la lluvia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cobijar · cobijar · Spanish
cobijar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | cobijar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koβ̞iˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cobijar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cobijar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [koβ̞iˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cobijar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cobijar, spelled C-O-B-I-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar cobijo o refugio; guarecer, especialmente de la intemperie o del frío y la lluvia.
- 2Dar amparo o protección contra algún peligro, amenaza o adversidad, en sentido literal, como un techo, ropa, etc., o en sentido figurado, como una ley, un patrimonio, el afecto, etc.
- 3Incluir, contener o encerrar algo, especialmente si no es evidente o manifiesto.
- 4Tapar, cubrir, ocultar.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.