depurar
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#35,982
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
7
similar word pairs
depurar is aSpanishverb. It means: Limpiar, purificar. Pronounced [d̪epuˈɾaɾ]. Often confused with durar and devorar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | depurar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪epuˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for depurar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪epuˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,982 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 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 depurar, with forms such as "ddepurar", "deppurar", and "depruar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "durar", "devorar", "depara", 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 depurar, spelled D-E-P-U-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Limpiar, purificar.
- 2Apurar, inquirir, investigar.
- 3Acrisolar, poner a prueba cualidades morales.
- 4Purificar la sangre, los humores, etc.
- 5Clarificar un líquido; aquilatar un metal; alambicar una sustancia, etc.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddepurar,deppurar,depruar,depuarr,depurarr,depurra,depurrar,deuprar,dpeurar,edpurar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for depurar
Misspelling Variants of "depurar"
Frequency rank: #35,982 in Spanish
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