indagar

/[ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,768

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

indagar is aSpanishverb. It means: Intentar llegar al conocimiento de una cosa mediante la averiguación, la reflexión o por conjeturas Pronounced [ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]. Often confused with indicar and indaga.

Key facts for indagar
PropertyValue
Headwordindagar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,768
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for indagar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,768 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Intentar llegar al conocimiento de una cosa mediante la averiguación, la reflexión o por conjeturas".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for indagar, with forms such as "idnagar", "inadgar", and "indaagr". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "indicar", "indaga", 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 indagar, spelled I-N-D-A-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
    Intentar llegar al conocimiento de una cosa mediante la averiguación, la reflexión o por conjeturas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnagar,inadgar,indaagr,indagarr,indaggar,indagra,inddagar,indgaar,inndagar,nidagar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indagar

Misspelling Variants of "indagar"

idnagar7inadgar7indaagr7indagarr8indaggar8indagra7inddagar8indgaar7
Misspelling Variants of "indagar"

Frequency rank: #19,768 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indagar"?
"indagar" is spelled I-N-D-A-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ].
What does "indagar" mean?
As a verb, "indagar" means: Intentar llegar al conocimiento de una cosa mediante la averiguación, la reflexión o por conjeturas
What words are commonly confused with "indagar"?
"indagar" is commonly confused with "indicar", "indaga". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indagar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indagar" is [ĩn̪d̪aˈɣ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indagar" come from?
"indagar" 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.