educar

/[eð̞uˈkaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,988

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

educar is aSpanishverb. It means: Dirigir o encaminar el proceso de aprendizaje en un ser humano, o en un animal, para promover ciertas reacciones habituales, hábitos complejos o actitudes deseadas por el educador Pronounced [eð̞uˈkaɾ]. It ranks #7,988 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with emular and evocar.

Key facts for educar
PropertyValue
Headwordeducar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eð̞uˈkaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,988
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for educar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eð̞uˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,988 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for educar, with forms such as "deucar", "edcuar", and "edducar". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "emular", "evocar", "educarse", 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 educar, spelled E-D-U-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
    Dirigir o encaminar el proceso de aprendizaje en un ser humano, o en un animal, para promover ciertas reacciones habituales, hábitos complejos o actitudes deseadas por el educador
  2. 2
    Desarrollar, estimular o perfeccionar facultades intelectuales o morales de alguien
  3. 3
    Adiestrar o perfeccionar los sentidos
  4. 4
    Instruir a alguien en los usos de la cortesía, la etiqueta o la urbanidad

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: deucar,edcuar,edducar,eduacr,educarr,educcar,educra,eudcar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for educar

Misspelling Variants of "educar"

deucar6edcuar6edducar7eduacr6educarr7educcar7educra6eudcar6
Misspelling Variants of "educar"

Frequency rank: #7,988 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "educar"?
"educar" is spelled E-D-U-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eð̞uˈkaɾ].
What does "educar" mean?
As a verb, "educar" means: Dirigir o encaminar el proceso de aprendizaje en un ser humano, o en un animal, para promover ciertas reacciones habituales, hábitos complejos o actitudes deseadas por el educador
What words are commonly confused with "educar"?
"educar" is commonly confused with "emular", "evocar", "educarse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "educar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "educar" is [eð̞uˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "educar" come from?
"educar" 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.