flotar
[floˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“flotar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #30,084 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #30,084
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sostenerse sin el sustento de un medio sólido, sea sobre un líquido, un gas o en el vacío.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flotar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [floˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flotar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flotar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [floˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,084 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for flotar, with forms such as "fflotar", "fllotar", and "floatr". 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. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "flote", "flotas", "frotar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is flotar, spelled F-L-O-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sostenerse sin el sustento de un medio sólido, sea sobre un líquido, un gas o en el vacío.
- 2Por extensión, permear alguna sensación o emoción el ambiente sin limitarse a un aspecto concreto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fflotar,fllotar,floatr,flotarr,flotra,flottar,fltoar,foltar,lfotar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flotar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “flotar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-L-O-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [floˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “flote” - see the side-by-side comparison. flotar vs flote
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.