exhumar

[eksuˈmaɾ]

/[eksuˈmaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“exhumar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,730 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,730
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sacar de la tierra un cadáver o restos humanos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-exhumar · exhumar · Spanish

exhumar · rank #67,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,730
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH excluya

Nearest frequency peer: excluya (-2 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 “exhumar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “exhumar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exhumar
PropertyValue
Headwordexhumar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eksuˈmaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “exhumar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.exhumarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “excluya” (#67,728), “evalúen” (#67,727), “expatriado” (#67,733). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “exhumar” va en #67,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exhumar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,730 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eksuˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exhumar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is exhumar, spelled E-X-H-U-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sacar de la tierra un cadáver o restos humanos.
  2. 2
    Sacar de la tierra objetos antiguos, monedas, restos de edificios, etc.
  3. 3
    Mostrar lo que estaba olvidado.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exhumar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ¿Y por qué exhumó usted ese cadáver y no otro más antiguo?
  2. tres amigos que habían viajado juntos a Italia, visitaban el año pasado el museo Studii de Nápoles donde se hallan reunidos los diversos objetos antiguos exhumados de las excavaciones de Pompeya y Herculano.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exhumar"?
"exhumar" is spelled E-X-H-U-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eksuˈmaɾ].
What does "exhumar" mean?
As a verb, "exhumar" means: Sacar de la tierra un cadáver o restos humanos.
How do you pronounce "exhumar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exhumar" is [eksuˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exhumar" come from?
"exhumar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exhumar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list