imprecar
[ĩmpɾeˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“imprecar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proferir palabras que expresen vivamente el deseo de que alguien sufra un mal o un daño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-imprecar · imprecar · Spanish
imprecar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | imprecar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩmpɾeˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “imprecar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
imprecar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩmpɾeˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Proferir palabras que expresen vivamente el deseo de que alguien sufra un mal o un daño.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for imprecar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is imprecar, spelled I-M-P-R-E-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Proferir palabras que expresen vivamente el deseo de que alguien sufra un mal o un daño.
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.