felicitar

/[felisiˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,852

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

felicitar is aSpanishverb. It means: Dar parabién a alguno por la felicidad que ha logrado. Pronounced [felisiˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with felicito and felicidad.

Key facts for felicitar
PropertyValue
Headwordfelicitar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[felisiˈt̪aɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,852
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for felicitar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [felisiˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,852 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for felicitar, with forms such as "eflicitar", "feilcitar", and "felciitar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "felicito", "felicidad", "felicitado", 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 felicitar, spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar parabién a alguno por la felicidad que ha logrado.
  2. 2
    Expresar alegría con motivo de una fecha señalada como un aniversario.
  3. 3
    Expresar el deseo de que alguien sea feliz.
  4. 4
    Hacer feliz a alguno.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eflicitar,feilcitar,felciitar,feliccitar,feliciatr,felicitarr,felicitra,felicittar,felictiar,feliictar,felisitar,fellicitar,ffelicitar,fleicitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for felicitar

Misspelling Variants of "felicitar"

eflicitar9feilcitar9felciitar9feliccitar10feliciatr9felicitarr10felicitra9felicittar10
Misspelling Variants of "felicitar"

Frequency rank: #16,852 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "felicitar"?
"felicitar" is spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [felisiˈt̪aɾ].
What does "felicitar" mean?
As a verb, "felicitar" means: Dar parabién a alguno por la felicidad que ha logrado.
What words are commonly confused with "felicitar"?
"felicitar" is commonly confused with "felicito", "felicidad", "felicitado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "felicitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "felicitar" is [felisiˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "felicitar" come from?
"felicitar" 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.