hurgar

/[uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,458

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

hurgar is aSpanishverb. It means: Husmear, buscar con minuciosidad entre objetos que están guardados. Pronounced [uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Often confused with hurra and hogar.

Key facts for hurgar
PropertyValue
Headwordhurgar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,458
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hurgar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hurgar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,458 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Husmear, buscar con minuciosidad entre objetos que están guardados.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for hurgar, with forms such as "hhurgar", "hrugar", and "hugrar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "hurra", "hogar", "hangar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hurgar, spelled H-U-R-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Husmear, buscar con minuciosidad entre objetos que están guardados.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhurgar,hrugar,hugrar,huragr,hurgarr,hurggar,hurgra,hurrgar,uhrgar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hurgar

Misspelling Variants of "hurgar"

hhurgar7hrugar6hugrar6huragr6hurgarr7hurggar7hurgra6hurrgar7
Misspelling Variants of "hurgar"

Frequency rank: #48,458 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hurgar"?
"hurgar" is spelled H-U-R-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [uɾˈɣ̞aɾ].
What does "hurgar" mean?
As a verb, "hurgar" means: Husmear, buscar con minuciosidad entre objetos que están guardados.
What words are commonly confused with "hurgar"?
"hurgar" is commonly confused with "hurra", "hogar", "hangar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hurgar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hurgar" is [uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hurgar" come from?
"hurgar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.