ferrojar
[feroˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“ferrojar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujetar a alguien, aprisionarlo o impedir su libre movimiento con prisones de hierro tales como cadenas, grillos, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ferrojar · ferrojar · Spanish
ferrojar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | ferrojar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [feroˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ferrojar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ferrojar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [feroˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sujetar a alguien, aprisionarlo o impedir su libre movimiento con prisones de hierro tales como cadenas, grillos, etc.".
ferrojar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ferrojar, spelled F-E-R-R-O-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sujetar a alguien, aprisionarlo o impedir su libre movimiento con prisones de hierro tales como cadenas, grillos, etc.
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.