gratificar
[gɾat̪ifiˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“gratificar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recompensar o remunerar una persona a otra con dinero o de otra forma como premio o contrapartida a un servicio o favor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gratificar · gratificar · Spanish
gratificar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gratificar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [gɾat̪ifiˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gratificar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gratificar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [gɾat̪ifiˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gratificar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 gratificar, spelled G-R-A-T-I-F-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Recompensar o remunerar una persona a otra con dinero o de otra forma como premio o contrapartida a un servicio o favor.
- 2Complacer, agradar, dar gusto o satisfacción.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.