intoxicar
[ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“intoxicar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #95,347 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #95,347
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Causar un daño más o menos grave al organismo a causa del consumo de una substancia tóxica.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intoxicar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “intoxicar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for intoxicar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,347 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Causar un daño más o menos grave al organismo a causa del consumo de una substancia tóxica.
- 2Causar 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.
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Using “intoxicar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-T-O-X-I-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩn̪t̪oksiˈkaɾ] (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.