intoxicar

[ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ]

/[ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“intoxicar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,347 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,347
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causar un daño más o menos grave al organismo a causa del consumo de una substancia tóxica.

Corpus desk

Index ES-intoxicar · intoxicar · Spanish

intoxicar · rank #95,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,347
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH interpretaría

Nearest frequency peer: interpretaría (-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 “intoxicar”

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 “intoxicar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intoxicar
PropertyValue
Headwordintoxicar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,347
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “intoxicar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.intoxicarcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “interpretaría” (#95,346), “invadiera” (#95,348), “invocamos” (#95,349). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “intoxicar” va en #95,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intoxicar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,347 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for intoxicar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is intoxicar, spelled I-N-T-O-X-I-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Causar un daño más o menos grave al organismo a causa del consumo de una substancia tóxica.
  2. 2
    Causar estupor o turbación del ánimo producto del consumo de algún narcótico.

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 "intoxicar"?
"intoxicar" is spelled I-N-T-O-X-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ].
What does "intoxicar" mean?
As a verb, "intoxicar" means: Causar un daño más o menos grave al organismo a causa del consumo de una substancia tóxica.
How do you pronounce "intoxicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intoxicar" is [ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list