divagar
[d̪iβ̞aˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“divagar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,972 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,972
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abandonar el tema sobre el que se venía tratando.
Corpus desk
Index ES-divagar · divagar · Spanish
divagar · rank #59,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,972
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH distribuía
Nearest frequency peer: distribuía (-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 “divagar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- disimulan
disimulan
40,033 corpus weight
- disminuiría
disminuiría
40,032 corpus weight
- distribuía
distribuía
40,030 corpus weight
- divagar
divagar
40,029 corpus weight
- diz
diz
40,027 corpus weight
- diéramos
diéramos
40,026 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “divagar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divagar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪iβ̞aˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “divagar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
divagar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,972 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪iβ̞aˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for divagar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is divagar, spelled D-I-V-A-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Abandonar el tema sobre el que se venía tratando.
- 2Pensar, hablar o escribir de forma desordenada y dispersa, perdiendo el propósito del discurso.
- 3Andar por diferentes sitios sin rumbo fijo, sin hallar lo que se busca, o sin un orden determinado.
Synonyms
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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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