expectorar
[ekspekt̪oˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“expectorar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrancar y arrojar por la boca las flemas y secreciones que se depositan en la faringe, la laringe, la tráquea o los bronquios.
Corpus desk
Index ES-expectorar · expectorar · Spanish
expectorar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expectorar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ekspekt̪oˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “expectorar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
expectorar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ekspekt̪oˈɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arrancar y arrojar por la boca las flemas y secreciones que se depositan en la faringe, la laringe, la tráquea o los bronquios.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for expectorar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is expectorar, spelled E-X-P-E-C-T-O-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Arrancar y arrojar por la boca las flemas y secreciones que se depositan en la faringe, la laringe, la tráquea o los bronquios.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.