inundar

/[inũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,851

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

inundar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ocupar el agua u otro líquido zonas o espacios, y en particular cubrir terrenos o áreas. Pronounced [inũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. Often confused with inunda and inundan.

Key facts for inundar
PropertyValue
Headwordinundar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[inũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,851
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for inundar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [inũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,851 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for inundar, with forms such as "innudar", "innundar", and "inudnar". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "inunda", "inundan", "inmunda", and more, 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 inundar, spelled I-N-U-N-D-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ocupar el agua u otro líquido zonas o espacios, y en particular cubrir terrenos o áreas.
  2. 2
    Llenar un territorio de elementos, seres o personas que antes no estaban allí o que no eran de allí.
  3. 3
    Llenar o saturar algo de elementos, seres, situaciones, etc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innudar,innundar,inudnar,inunadr,inundarr,inunddar,inundra,inunndar,iunndar,niundar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inundar

Misspelling Variants of "inundar"

innudar7innundar8inudnar7inunadr7inundarr8inunddar8inundra7inunndar8
Misspelling Variants of "inundar"

Frequency rank: #31,851 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inundar"?
"inundar" is spelled I-N-U-N-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [inũn̪ˈd̪aɾ].
What does "inundar" mean?
As a verb, "inundar" means: Ocupar el agua u otro líquido zonas o espacios, y en particular cubrir terrenos o áreas.
What words are commonly confused with "inundar"?
"inundar" is commonly confused with "inunda", "inundan", "inmunda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inundar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inundar" is [inũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inundar" come from?
"inundar" 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.