dilatar
[d̪ilaˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“dilatar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,168 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,168
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer que algo ocupe más lugar, volumen o tiempo; hacer más grande o más largo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dilatar · dilatar · Spanish
dilatar · rank #54,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,168
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH digest
Nearest frequency peer: digest (-1 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 “dilatar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- diabólicos
diabólicos
45,836 corpus weight
- dictaba
dictaba
45,835 corpus weight
- digest
digest
45,834 corpus weight
- dilatar
dilatar
45,833 corpus weight
- diocesanos
diocesanos
45,832 corpus weight
- diriges
diriges
45,831 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dilatar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dilatar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪ilaˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dilatar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dilatar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,168 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪ilaˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dilatar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is dilatar, spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que algo ocupe más lugar, volumen o tiempo; hacer más grande o más largo.
- 2Dejar para después la ejecución de una acción.
- 3Propagar, extender la fama o afición de alguien o algo.
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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