hurtar
[uɾˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“hurtar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,345 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,345
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar o tomar para sí lo ajeno sin emplear violencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hurtar · hurtar · Spanish
hurtar · rank #77,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,345
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH humillen
Nearest frequency peer: humillen (-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 “hurtar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hoop
hoop
22,662 corpus weight
- humeantes
humeantes
22,659 corpus weight
- humedades
humedades
22,658 corpus weight
- humillen
humillen
22,657 corpus weight
- hurtar
hurtar
22,656 corpus weight
- immigration
immigration
22,650 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hurtar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hurtar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [uɾˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hurtar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hurtar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,345 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [uɾˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hurtar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hurtar, spelled H-U-R-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Quitar o tomar para sí lo ajeno sin emplear violencia.
- 2Estafar en el peso o volumen en una transacción comercial.
- 3Llevar el agua las tierras de la costa por erosión.
- 4Desviar, apartar.
- 5Tomar dichos, sentencias y versos ajenos, dándolos por propios.
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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