engatusar
[ẽŋgat̪uˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“engatusar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,809 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacerse con la voluntad de alguien a base de halagos o muestras de afecto para conseguir algún fin.
Corpus desk
Index ES-engatusar · engatusar · Spanish
engatusar · rank #88,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,809
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH encono
Nearest frequency peer: encono (-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 “engatusar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- enciclopédi…
enciclopédica
11,195 corpus weight
- encogiéndose
encogiéndose
11,194 corpus weight
- encono
encono
11,193 corpus weight
- engatusar
engatusar
11,192 corpus weight
- engendran
engendran
11,190 corpus weight
- enlazo
enlazo
11,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “engatusar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | engatusar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋgat̪uˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “engatusar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
engatusar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,809 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋgat̪uˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for engatusar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is engatusar, spelled E-N-G-A-T-U-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacerse con la voluntad de alguien a base de halagos o muestras de afecto para conseguir algún fin.
- 2Engañar (en un matrimonio).
- 3Enamorar.
- 4Comprometer a alguien con una situación adversa.
This word in other languages
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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