hipotecar
[ipot̪eˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“hipotecar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,949 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,949
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gravar bienes inmuebles como garantía para asegurar el cumplimiento de una obligación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hipotecar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ipot̪eˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hipotecar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hipotecar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,949 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ipot̪eˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hipotecar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 hipotecar, spelled H-I-P-O-T-E-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Gravar bienes inmuebles como garantía para asegurar el cumplimiento de una obligación.
- 2Arriesgar, poner en peligro la seguridad o existencia de algo condicionando su futuro a factores que implican un riesgo.
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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Using “hipotecar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-P-O-T-E-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ipot̪eˈkaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.