jalar
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#33,673
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
7
tracked variants
Confusables
19
similar word pairs
jalar is aSpanishverb. It means: Atraer algo hacia sí, especialmente una cuerda o similar. Pronounced [xaˈlaɾ]. Often confused with jar and java.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jalar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [xaˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #33,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jalar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xaˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,673 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for jalar, with forms such as "ajlar", "jaalr", and "jalarr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "jar", "java", "jara", 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 jalar, spelled J-A-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Atraer algo hacia sí, especialmente una cuerda o similar.
- 2Figurativamente, atraer hacia la propia parte o postura a la gente.
- 3Inhalar con fuerza al fumar.
- 4Llevar a otra persona en un vehículo hasta cierto destino.
- 5Desaprobar un alumno en un curso o asignatura académica.
- 6Inhalar con fines psicoactivos los vapores de un disolvente, generalmente colocándolo en una bolsa que se acerca a la boca y la nariz.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ajlar,jaalr,jalarr,jallar,jalra,jjalar,jlaar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "jalar"
Frequency rank: #33,673 in Spanish
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