conversar

/[kõmbeɾˈsaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,241

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

conversar is aSpanishverb. It means: Entablar una conversación. Charlar. Pronounced [kõmbeɾˈsaɾ]. It ranks #8,241 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with converse and converso.

Key facts for conversar
PropertyValue
Headwordconversar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõmbeɾˈsaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,241
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of conversar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for conversar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmbeɾˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,241 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Entablar una conversación. Charlar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for conversar, with forms such as "cconversar", "cnoversar", and "conbersar". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "converse", "converso", "convertir", 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 conversar, spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entablar una conversación. Charlar.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconversar,cnoversar,conbersar,conevrsar,connversar,converasr,converrsar,conversarr,conversra,converssar,convesrar,convresar,convversar,covnersar,ocnversar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conversar

Misspelling Variants of "conversar"

cconversar10cnoversar9conbersar9conevrsar9connversar10converasr9converrsar10conversarr10
Misspelling Variants of "conversar"

Frequency rank: #8,241 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conversar"?
"conversar" is spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kõmbeɾˈsaɾ].
What does "conversar" mean?
As a verb, "conversar" means: Entablar una conversación. Charlar.
What words are commonly confused with "conversar"?
"conversar" is commonly confused with "converse", "converso", "convertir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conversar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conversar" is [kõmbeɾˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conversar" come from?
"conversar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.