marchitar
[maɾt͡ʃiˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“marchitar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ajar, deslucir y quitar el jugo y frescura a las hierbas, flores y otras cosas, haciéndoles perder su vigor y lozanía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-marchitar · marchitar · Spanish
marchitar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marchitar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maɾt͡ʃiˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “marchitar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
marchitar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [maɾt͡ʃiˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marchitar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is marchitar, spelled M-A-R-C-H-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ajar, deslucir y quitar el jugo y frescura a las hierbas, flores y otras cosas, haciéndoles perder su vigor y lozanía.
- 2Enflaquecer, debilitar, quitar el vigor, la robustez, la hermosura.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.