licuar
[liˈkwaɾ]
The verdict
“licuar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,417 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,417
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer líquido algo que no lo era.
Corpus desk
Index ES-licuar · licuar · Spanish
licuar · rank #77,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,417
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lifting
Nearest frequency peer: lifting (+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 “licuar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- levadizo
levadizo
22,587 corpus weight
- liados
liados
22,586 corpus weight
- licuar
licuar
22,584 corpus weight
- lifting
lifting
22,583 corpus weight
- lips
lips
22,582 corpus weight
- liquidan
liquidan
22,581 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “licuar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | licuar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [liˈkwaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “licuar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
licuar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,417 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [liˈkwaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
licuar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is licuar, spelled L-I-C-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer líquido algo que no lo era.
- 2Calentar un metal hasta hacerlo líquido, para separarlo de las sustancias con que se encuentra combinado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how licuar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El primer paso es seleccionar las frutas que se desean licuar; el segundo es lavarlas y pelarlas adecuadamente […]».
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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