dedicar

/[d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,365

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

dedicar is aSpanishverb. It means: Consagrar o destinar una persona o cosa para un fin determinado. Pronounced [d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ]. It ranks #8,365 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dedico and deducir.

Key facts for dedicar
PropertyValue
Headworddedicar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,365
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dedicar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,365 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for dedicar, with forms such as "ddedicar", "ddeicar", and "dedciar". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dedico", "deducir", "dedicas", 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 dedicar, spelled D-E-D-I-C-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Consagrar o destinar una persona o cosa para un fin determinado.
  2. 2
    Ofrecer como testimonio de reconocimiento, afecto o agradecimiento un objeto, generalmente artístico, a alguien.
  3. 3
    Ocupar atención y/o tiempo a algo en particular.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddedicar,ddeicar,dedciar,deddicar,dediacr,dedicarr,dediccar,dedicra,deidcar,eddicar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dedicar

Misspelling Variants of "dedicar"

ddedicar8ddeicar7dedciar7deddicar8dediacr7dedicarr8dediccar8dedicra7
Misspelling Variants of "dedicar"

Frequency rank: #8,365 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dedicar"?
"dedicar" is spelled D-E-D-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ].
What does "dedicar" mean?
As a verb, "dedicar" means: Consagrar o destinar una persona o cosa para un fin determinado.
What words are commonly confused with "dedicar"?
"dedicar" is commonly confused with "dedico", "deducir", "dedicas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dedicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dedicar" is [d̪eð̞iˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dedicar" come from?
"dedicar" 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.