justificar

/[xust̪ifiˈkaɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,223

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

justificar is aSpanishverb. It means: Probar una cosa con razones convincentes, testigos o documentos. Pronounced [xust̪ifiˈkaɾ]. It ranks #5,223 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with justificarse and justifica.

Key facts for justificar
PropertyValue
Headwordjustificar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[xust̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,223
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for justificar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xust̪ifiˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,223 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for justificar, with forms such as "jjustificar", "jsutificar", and "jusitficar". 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, "justificarse", "justifica", "justifican", 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 justificar, spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Probar una cosa con razones convincentes, testigos o documentos.
  2. 2
    Rectificar o hacer justa una cosa.
  3. 3
    Ajustar, arreglar una cosa con exactitud.
  4. 4
    Probar la inocencia de alguien en lo que se le imputa o se presume de él.
  5. 5
    Igualar el largo de las líneas según la medida exacta que se ha puesto en el componedor.
  6. 6
    Dicho de Dios: Hacer justo a alguien dándole la gracia.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjustificar,jsutificar,jusitficar,jusstificar,justfiicar,justifciar,justifficar,justifiacr,justificarr,justificcar,justificra,justiifcar,justtificar,jutsificar,ujstificar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for justificar

Misspelling Variants of "justificar"

jjustificar11jsutificar10jusitficar10jusstificar11justfiicar10justifciar10justifficar11justifiacr10
Misspelling Variants of "justificar"

Frequency rank: #5,223 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "justificar"?
"justificar" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [xust̪ifiˈkaɾ].
What does "justificar" mean?
As a verb, "justificar" means: Probar una cosa con razones convincentes, testigos o documentos.
What words are commonly confused with "justificar"?
"justificar" is commonly confused with "justificarse", "justifica", "justifican". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justificar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justificar" is [xust̪ifiˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justificar" come from?
"justificar" 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.