colgar
[kolˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“colgar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,636
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujetar algo o alguien de modo que no toque el suelo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-colgar · colgar · Spanish
colgar · rank #10,636 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,636
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Coahuila
Nearest frequency peer: Coahuila (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “colgar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- catástrofe
catástrofe
89,368 corpus weight
- ceremonias
ceremonias
89,367 corpus weight
- Coahuila
Coahuila
89,366 corpus weight
- colgar
colgar
89,365 corpus weight
- concentraci…
concentraciones
89,364 corpus weight
- confrontaci…
confrontación
89,363 corpus weight
What this shows “colgar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colgar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kolˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “colgar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around colgar (IPA [kolˈɣ̞aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,636 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for colgar, with forms such as "ccolgar", "clogar", and "coglar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "color", "colgó", "conga", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is colgar, spelled C-O-L-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sujetar algo o alguien de modo que no toque el suelo.
- 2Poner a una persona o animal una cuerda por el cuello con los pies o patas en el aire, de modo de provocarle la muerte.
- 3Hacer una exposición de pintura, fotografía, u otra en la que las obras de arte se cuelgan de una pared o muro.
- 4Atribuirle hechos reprobables o cosas negativas, casi siempre falsas, a una persona.
- 5Cortar una llamada telefónica.
- 6Abandonar una profesión. La profesión que se abandona se indica posponiendo una palabra simbólica.
- 7Sacar una mala calificación en un examen o asignatura.
- 8Anotar un gol a un arquero que está adelantado haciendo picar la pelota, es decir, con una vaselina.
- 9Dejar indefensa una pieza, tal que pueda ser fácilmente capturada por el rival sin nada a cambio.
- 10Transferir datos o archivos desde un sistema periférico o subordinado a uno más grande o central, especialmente desde un ordenador, móvil o tableta a un servidor en internet.
- 11Bloquear el ordenador o un programa por una sobrecarga de trabajo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colgar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
colgar los guantes, colgar los botines, etc.
Gracias a su labor, varios medios españoles y europeos se hicieron eco de la actividad de Camps y de la ONG en Lesbos, principalmente gracias a su visibilidad en fotografías colgadas en Internet.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolgar
- clogar
- coglar
- colagr
- colgarr
- colggar
- colgra
- collgar
- oclgar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colgar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).