masturbar
[mast̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“masturbar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,843 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,843
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estimular los genitales con la mano u otro instrumento para la obtención de placer sexual
Corpus desk
Index ES-masturbar · masturbar · Spanish
masturbar · rank #73,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,843
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH marsellesa
Nearest frequency peer: marsellesa (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “masturbar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- marchand
marchand
26,165 corpus weight
- margina
margina
26,163 corpus weight
- marrana
marrana
26,162 corpus weight
- marsellesa
marsellesa
26,161 corpus weight
- masturbar
masturbar
26,158 corpus weight
- meda
meda
26,151 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “masturbar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masturbar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mast̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “masturbar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
masturbar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,843 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mast̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Estimular los genitales con la mano u otro instrumento para la obtención de placer sexual".
No misspelling variants are generated for masturbar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is masturbar, spelled M-A-S-T-U-R-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Estimular los genitales con la mano u otro instrumento para la obtención de placer sexual
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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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.