inquirir
[ĩŋkiˈɾiɾ]
The verdict
“inquirir” 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) - Proponer preguntas sobre algo e investigarlo con cuidado y rigor, cuestionando su ser o su lógica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-inquirir · inquirir · Spanish
inquirir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | inquirir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩŋkiˈɾiɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “inquirir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
inquirir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩŋkiˈɾiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Proponer preguntas sobre algo e investigarlo con cuidado y rigor, cuestionando su ser o su lógica.".
inquirir has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is inquirir, spelled I-N-Q-U-I-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Proponer preguntas sobre algo e investigarlo con cuidado y rigor, cuestionando su ser o su lógica.
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.