compasar
[kõmpaˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“compasar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Medir una distancia con un compás en mapas, diagramas, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compasar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõmpaˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “compasar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for compasar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmpaˈsaɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for compasar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 compasar, spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Medir una distancia con un compás en mapas, diagramas, etc.
- 2Trazar circunferencias o arcos con un compás. :*Ejemplo: los editores no han podido encontrar ningún ejemplo de uso de esta palabra en textos publicados o corpus. Puedes ayudar al Wikcionario incorporando alguno. Por favor, no emplees ejemplos inventados.
- 3Arreglar, medir o proporcionar las cosas de modo que ni sobren ni falten.
- 4Establecer la división de una partitura o composición en duraciones iguales, trazando líneas verticales en el pentagrama para indicar dónde empieza y termina cada compás (espacio que incluye las notas correspondientes a cada tiempo del ritmo).
Synonyms
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.
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Using “compasar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-P-A-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmpaˈsaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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