expropiar

[ekspɾoˈpjaɾ]

/[ekspɾoˈpjaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“expropiar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #37,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,088
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Desposeer de una cosa a su propietario, dándole en cambio una indemnización. Se efectúa legalmente por motivos de utilidad pública.

Corpus desk

Index ES-expropiar · expropiar · Spanish

expropiar · rank #37,088 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,088
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH existiese

Nearest frequency peer: existiese (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “expropiar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “expropiar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for expropiar
PropertyValue
Headwordexpropiar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ekspɾoˈpjaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,088
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “expropiar”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).expropiarcae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “existiese” (#37,087), “expulsan” (#37,089), “existenciales” (#37,086). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “expropiar” va en #37,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around expropiar (IPA [ekspɾoˈpjaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,088 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Desposeer de una cosa a su propietario, dándole en cambio una indemnización. Se efectúa legalmente por motivos de utilidad pública.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for expropiar, with forms such as "epxropiar", "exporpiar", and "exppropiar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is expropiar, spelled E-X-P-R-O-P-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Desposeer de una cosa a su propietario, dándole en cambio una indemnización. Se efectúa legalmente por motivos de utilidad pública.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxropiar
  • exporpiar
  • exppropiar
  • exproipar
  • expropair
  • expropiarr
  • expropira
  • exproppiar
  • exprpoiar
  • exprropiar
  • exrpopiar
  • exxpropiar
  • xepropiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expropiar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epxropiar2exporpiar2exppropiar1exproipar2expropair2expropiarr1expropira2exproppiar1
Edit distance from "expropiar"

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 "expropiar"?
"expropiar" is spelled E-X-P-R-O-P-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ekspɾoˈpjaɾ].
What does "expropiar" mean?
As a verb, "expropiar" means: Desposeer de una cosa a su propietario, dándole en cambio una indemnización. Se efectúa legalmente por motivos de utilidad pública.
What are common misspellings of "expropiar"?
Common misspellings include "epxropiar", "exporpiar", "exppropiar", "exproipar", "expropair". The correct spelling is "expropiar".
How do you pronounce "expropiar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expropiar" is [ekspɾoˈpjaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expropiar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list