espabilar
[espaβ̞iˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“espabilar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,893 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,893
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Limpiar el pabilo, quitar los restos carbonizados que dificultan su luminosidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espabilar · espabilar · Spanish
espabilar · rank #90,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,893
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esmeran
Nearest frequency peer: esmeran (-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 “espabilar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escurren
escurren
9,111 corpus weight
- esgrimió
esgrimió
9,110 corpus weight
- esmeran
esmeran
9,109 corpus weight
- espabilar
espabilar
9,108 corpus weight
- espantosame…
espantosamente
9,106 corpus weight
- especializá…
especializándose
9,105 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espabilar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espabilar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [espaβ̞iˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espabilar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espabilar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,893 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [espaβ̞iˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for espabilar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is espabilar, spelled E-S-P-A-B-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Limpiar el pabilo, quitar los restos carbonizados que dificultan su luminosidad.
- 2Estimular las facultades mentales de una persona para agilizar su razonamiento o reducir su inseguridad.
- 3Privar de la vida a alguien.
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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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