estrangular
[est̪ɾãŋguˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“estrangular” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,054 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,054
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rodear el cuello de una persona con un elemento sólido para cortar el flujo de aire y oxígeno en su cuerpo, con el objeto último de provocarle asfixia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estrangular · estrangular · Spanish
estrangular · rank #63,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,054
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estrangulada
Nearest frequency peer: estrangulada (-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 “estrangular”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- essence
essence
36,950 corpus weight
- estrangulada
estrangulada
36,948 corpus weight
- estrangular
estrangular
36,947 corpus weight
- estratosfera
estratosfera
36,946 corpus weight
- estriado
estriado
36,945 corpus weight
- estropeada
estropeada
36,944 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estrangular” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estrangular |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [est̪ɾãŋguˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estrangular” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estrangular is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,054 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [est̪ɾãŋguˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rodear el cuello de una persona con un elemento sólido para cortar el flujo de aire y oxígeno en su cuerpo, con el objeto último de provocarle asfixia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for estrangular in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is estrangular, spelled E-S-T-R-A-N-G-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Rodear el cuello de una persona con un elemento sólido para cortar el flujo de aire y oxígeno en su cuerpo, con el objeto último de provocarle asfixia.
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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