gotear
[got̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“gotear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,433 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,433
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un líquido: Salir o fluir en pequeñas porciones (gota a gota).
Corpus desk
Index ES-gotear · gotear · Spanish
gotear · rank #97,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,433
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gotcha
Nearest frequency peer: gotcha (-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 “gotear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- gosh
gosh
2,570 corpus weight
- gotcha
gotcha
2,569 corpus weight
- gotear
gotear
2,568 corpus weight
- granulosa
granulosa
2,567 corpus weight
- graníticas
graníticas
2,566 corpus weight
- gritería
gritería
2,564 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gotear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gotear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [got̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gotear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gotear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,433 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [got̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gotear has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is gotear, spelled G-O-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un líquido: Salir o fluir en pequeñas porciones (gota a gota).
- 2Dicho de una cosa: Echar gotas de líquido o dejarlas caer.
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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