fortificar
[foɾt̪ifiˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“fortificar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,091 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,091
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer más fuerte material o moralmente a alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fortificar · fortificar · Spanish
fortificar · rank #63,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,091
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH forradas
Nearest frequency peer: forradas (-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 “fortificar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- formadora
formadora
36,913 corpus weight
- formulando
formulando
36,912 corpus weight
- forradas
forradas
36,911 corpus weight
- fortificar
fortificar
36,910 corpus weight
- foul
foul
36,909 corpus weight
- fregado
fregado
36,907 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fortificar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortificar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [foɾt̪ifiˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fortificar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fortificar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,091 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [foɾt̪ifiˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fortificar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is fortificar, spelled F-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer más fuerte material o moralmente a alguien.
- 2Proteger un lugar con obras defensivas para que pueda soportar a los ataques del enemigo.
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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