confinar
[kõɱfiˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“confinar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,764 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,764
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mandar a alguien al destierro, obligándole a estar en un determinado recinto
Corpus desk
Index ES-confinar · confinar · Spanish
confinar · rank #83,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,764
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH condo
Nearest frequency peer: condo (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “confinar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- compraremos
compraremos
16,242 corpus weight
- comprobaba
comprobaba
16,241 corpus weight
- concluiría
concluiría
16,240 corpus weight
- condo
condo
16,239 corpus weight
- confinar
confinar
16,237 corpus weight
- consideraste
consideraste
16,233 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “confinar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confinar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõɱfiˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “confinar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
confinar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,764 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõɱfiˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for confinar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is confinar, spelled C-O-N-F-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mandar a alguien al destierro, obligándole a estar en un determinado recinto
- 2Mantener algo o a alguien en un sitio determinado.
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); 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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