colgarse
Letters
8 characters
Frequency Rank
#44,054
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
13
tracked variants
Confusables
11
similar word pairs
colgarse is aSpanishverb. It means: Sujetarse algo o alguien de modo de no tocar el suelo. Pronounced [kolˈɣ̞aɾse]. Often confused with cortarse and contarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colgarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kolˈɣ̞aɾse] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for colgarse is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kolˈɣ̞aɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,054 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for colgarse, with forms such as "ccolgarse", "clogarse", and "coglarse". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cortarse", "contarse", "colocarse", 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 colgarse, spelled C-O-L-G-A-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Sujetarse algo o alguien de modo de no tocar el suelo.
- 2Tomarse de una persona cargando todo el peso del cuerpo.
- 3Ponerse una persona una cuerda por el cuello con los pies en el aire, de modo de provocarse la muerte.
- 4Adquirir dependencia de algo o alguien, en particular de las drogas.
- 5Bloquearse el ordenador o un programa debido a una sobrecarga de trabajo.
- 6Perder fuerza un vehículo al escalar por una pendiente.
- 7Retrasarse en el cumplimiento de una obligación.
- 8Conectarse ilegalmente a una línea eléctrica o telefónica.
- 9Sacar mala nota en un examen.
- 10Dar un gran salto para golpear la pelota o para atajar.
- 11Aprovecharse de una persona para obtener algo de ella.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccolgarse,clogarse,coglarse,colagrse,colgarce,colgares,colgarrse,colgarsse,colgasre,colggarse,colgrase,collgarse,oclgarse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for colgarse
Misspelling Variants of "colgarse"
Frequency rank: #44,054 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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