implorar

[ĩmploˈɾaɾ]

/[ĩmploˈɾaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“implorar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,647 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,647
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedir con ruegos o lágrimas una cosa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-implorar · implorar · Spanish

implorar · rank #68,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,647
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH impertinencia

Nearest frequency peer: impertinencia (-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 “implorar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “implorar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for implorar
PropertyValue
Headwordimplorar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmploˈɾaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,647
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “implorar” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).implorarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “impertinencia” (#68,646), “improductivos” (#68,648), “impedirán” (#68,645). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “implorar” va en #68,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

implorar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,647 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩmploˈɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pedir con ruegos o lágrimas una cosa.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for implorar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is implorar, spelled I-M-P-L-O-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pedir con ruegos o lágrimas una cosa.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "implorar"?
"implorar" is spelled I-M-P-L-O-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmploˈɾaɾ].
What does "implorar" mean?
As a verb, "implorar" means: Pedir con ruegos o lágrimas una cosa.
How do you pronounce "implorar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "implorar" is [ĩmploˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "implorar" come from?
"implorar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "implorar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list