fermentar
[feɾmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“fermentar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,075 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,075
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transformarse o descomponerse un cuerpo orgánico por la acción de otro que puesto en contacto con él, aparece al final del proceso químico sin haberse modificado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fermentar · fermentar · Spanish
fermentar · rank #63,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,075
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH feligresía
Nearest frequency peer: feligresía (-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 “fermentar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- farra
farra
36,929 corpus weight
- fascículos
fascículos
36,928 corpus weight
- feligresía
feligresía
36,927 corpus weight
- fermentar
fermentar
36,926 corpus weight
- festejaron
festejaron
36,925 corpus weight
- feu
feu
36,924 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fermentar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fermentar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [feɾmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fermentar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fermentar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,075 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [feɾmẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fermentar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is fermentar, spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Transformarse o descomponerse un cuerpo orgánico por la acción de otro que puesto en contacto con él, aparece al final del proceso químico sin haberse modificado.
- 2Agitación de los ánimos.
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.
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