impregnar
[ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“impregnar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #80,162 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #80,162
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer que las partículas de una sustancia o materia penetren en otra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impregnar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impregnar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for impregnar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,162 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for impregnar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is impregnar, spelled I-M-P-R-E-G-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que las partículas de una sustancia o materia penetren en otra.
- 2Llenar de líquido o humedad los poros de un material.
- 3Llenar la conciencia o ejercer fuerte impacto o influencia en ella; dejar una impronta en el espíritu.
Antonyms
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 “impregnar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-R-E-G-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmpɾeɣ̞ˈnaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.