explorar

/[eksploˈɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,527

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

explorar is aSpanishverb. It means: Observar, registrar, investigar sobre un lugar, situación u objeto. Pronounced [eksploˈɾaɾ]. It ranks #6,527 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with explota and explore.

Key facts for explorar
PropertyValue
Headwordexplorar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eksploˈɾaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,527
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of explorar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for explorar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eksploˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,527 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for explorar, with forms such as "epxlorar", "exlporar", and "expllorar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "explota", "explore", "explotar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is explorar, spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Observar, registrar, investigar sobre un lugar, situación u objeto.
  2. 2
    Hacer observaciones relacionadas con un problema claramente definido con el propósito de ayudar a determinar el diseño de una investigación, los metódos de adquisición de datos y selección de sujetos, etc.
  3. 3
    Realizar una serie de observaciones metódicas para diagnosticar a un paciente.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxlorar,exlporar,expllorar,exploarr,explorarr,explorra,explorrar,explroar,expolrar,expplorar,exxplorar,xeplorar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for explorar

Misspelling Variants of "explorar"

epxlorar8exlporar8expllorar9exploarr8explorarr9explorra8explorrar9explroar8
Misspelling Variants of "explorar"

Frequency rank: #6,527 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "explorar"?
"explorar" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eksploˈɾaɾ].
What does "explorar" mean?
As a verb, "explorar" means: Observar, registrar, investigar sobre un lugar, situación u objeto.
What words are commonly confused with "explorar"?
"explorar" is commonly confused with "explota", "explore", "explotar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "explorar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "explorar" is [eksploˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "explorar" come from?
"explorar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.