espinar
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#26,033
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
14
similar word pairs
espinar is aSpanishverb. It means: Herir o punzar con algo puntiagudo. Pronounced [espiˈnaɾ]. Often confused with espino and espinas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espinar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [espiˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for espinar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [espiˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,033 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for espinar, with forms such as "epsinar", "esipnar", and "espianr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "espino", "espinas", "espiral", 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 espinar, spelled E-S-P-I-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Herir o punzar con algo puntiagudo.
- 2Cubrir con zarzas u otras plantas espinosas el tallo de árboles recién plantados, para protegerlos.
- 3Ofender a alguien de palabra, con expresiones hirientes.
- 4Dicho de un grupo o escuadrón militar, hacer una formación de tal modo que presentaban al enemigo lanzas o espadas por todos los flancos; conformar un espín.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsinar,esipnar,espianr,espinarr,espinnar,espinra,espniar,esppinar,esspinar,sepinar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for espinar
Misspelling Variants of "espinar"
Frequency rank: #26,033 in Spanish
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