colar

/[koˈlaɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,504

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

colar is aSpanishverb. It means: Filtrar un líquido, separando los sólidos en el contenidos del medio acuoso. Pronounced [koˈlaɾ]. Often confused with cor and cosa.

Key facts for colar
PropertyValue
Headwordcolar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koˈlaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,504
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of colar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for colar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,504 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for colar, with forms such as "ccolar", "cloar", and "coalr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "cosa", "Copa", 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 colar, spelled C-O-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Filtrar un líquido, separando los sólidos en el contenidos del medio acuoso.
  2. 2
    Pasar la ropa lavada por lejía para su blanqueado.
  3. 3
    Fundir el arrabio para extraer de él el hierro.
  4. 4
    Introducir algo subrepticiamente donde no está permitido o previsto.
  5. 5
    Preparar café de filtro.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccolar,cloar,coalr,colarr,colra,oclar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for colar

Misspelling Variants of "colar"

ccolar6cloar5coalr5colarr6colra5oclar5
Misspelling Variants of "colar"

Frequency rank: #34,504 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colar"?
"colar" is spelled C-O-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈlaɾ].
What does "colar" mean?
As a verb, "colar" means: Filtrar un líquido, separando los sólidos en el contenidos del medio acuoso.
What words are commonly confused with "colar"?
"colar" is commonly confused with "cor", "cosa", "Copa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colar" is [koˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colar" come from?
"colar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.