excusar
[ekskuˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“excusar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,760 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,760
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exponer y alegar causas o razones para sacar libre a uno de la culpa que se le imputa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-excusar · excusar · Spanish
excusar · rank #57,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,760
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH excentricidad
Nearest frequency peer: excentricidad (-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 “excusar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- evolutivas
evolutivas
42,243 corpus weight
- excentricid…
excentricidad
42,242 corpus weight
- excusar
excusar
42,241 corpus weight
- exequias
exequias
42,240 corpus weight
- exhibirse
exhibirse
42,239 corpus weight
- exigirán
exigirán
42,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “excusar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excusar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ekskuˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “excusar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
excusar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,760 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ekskuˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for excusar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is excusar, spelled E-X-C-U-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Exponer y alegar causas o razones para sacar libre a uno de la culpa que se le imputa.
- 2Evitar, impedir, precaver que una cosa perjudicial se ejecute o suceda.
- 3Rehusar hacer una cosa.
- 4Eximir y libertar del pago de tributos o de un servicio personal.
- 5Junto con infinitivo: poder evitar, poder dejar de hacer lo que éste significa.
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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