exonerar

[eksoneˈɾaɾ]

/[eksoneˈɾaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“exonerar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,030 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,030
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Destituir, privar o separar de alguien de una ocupación o empleo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-exonerar · exonerar · Spanish

exonerar · rank #60,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,030
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH exonerados

Nearest frequency peer: exonerados (-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 “exonerar”

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 “exonerar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exonerar
PropertyValue
Headwordexonerar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eksoneˈɾaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,030
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “exonerar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.exonerarcae 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: “exonerados” (#60,029), “exoplanetas” (#60,031), “exonera” (#60,028). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “exonerar” va en #60,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exonerar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,030 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eksoneˈɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exonerar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is exonerar, spelled E-X-O-N-E-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Destituir, privar o separar de alguien de una ocupación o empleo.
  2. 2
    Aliviar, descargar o liberar de carga u obligación.
  3. 3
    Aliviar o descargar (de peso).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Este dicho día el Cabildo aprobó lo que determinó la Diputación acerca de Blas López, arpista, cuya determinación fue que en cuanto arpista le exoneraban de la residencia del coro con tal que asista los días de canto […].
  2. El Gobierno favorece a estos industriales, con exonerar los productos de las contribuciones que otras industrias pagan.

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 "exonerar"?
"exonerar" is spelled E-X-O-N-E-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eksoneˈɾaɾ].
What does "exonerar" mean?
As a verb, "exonerar" means: Destituir, privar o separar de alguien de una ocupación o empleo.
How do you pronounce "exonerar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exonerar" is [eksoneˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exonerar" come from?
"exonerar" 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 "exonerar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list