congratular
[kõŋgɾat̪uˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“congratular” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expresar alegría y complacencia por un suceso feliz que le ha acaecido a alguien. Manifestarle que uno se alegra con y por esa persona.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congratular |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõŋgɾat̪uˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congratular” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for congratular is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõŋgɾat̪uˈlaɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Expresar alegría y complacencia por un suceso feliz que le ha acaecido a alguien. Manifestarle que uno se alegra con y por esa persona.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for congratular, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is congratular, spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Expresar alegría y complacencia por un suceso feliz que le ha acaecido a alguien. Manifestarle que uno se alegra con y por esa persona.
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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 “congratular”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõŋgɾat̪uˈlaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.