exhortar
[eksoɾˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“exhortar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,315 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,315
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persuadir con fuerza a alguien, para que haga o deje de hacer algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-exhortar · exhortar · Spanish
exhortar · rank #62,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,315
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH exhibían
Nearest frequency peer: exhibían (-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 “exhortar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- eucarística
eucarística
37,689 corpus weight
- Evangelina
Evangelina
37,688 corpus weight
- exhibían
exhibían
37,687 corpus weight
- exhortar
exhortar
37,686 corpus weight
- Exodus
Exodus
37,685 corpus weight
- expiatorios
expiatorios
37,684 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “exhortar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exhortar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eksoɾˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “exhortar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
exhortar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,315 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eksoɾˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persuadir con fuerza a alguien, para que haga o deje de hacer algo.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exhortar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is exhortar, spelled E-X-H-O-R-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Persuadir con fuerza a alguien, para que haga o deje de hacer algo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exhortar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
habló conmigo con gravedad para exhortarme a que regresara con mi padre.
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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