medrar
[meˈð̞ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“medrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,774 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,774
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crecer, tener aumento los animales y plantas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-medrar · medrar · Spanish
medrar · rank #64,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,774
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH medianera
Nearest frequency peer: medianera (-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 “medrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- medianera
medianera
35,228 corpus weight
- medrar
medrar
35,227 corpus weight
- memoriales
memoriales
35,226 corpus weight
- mentar
mentar
35,224 corpus weight
- meterán
meterán
35,223 corpus weight
- mew
mew
35,222 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “medrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [meˈð̞ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “medrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
medrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,774 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [meˈð̞ɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for medrar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is medrar, spelled M-E-D-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Crecer, tener aumento los animales y plantas.
- 2Mejorar uno de fortuna aumentando sus bienes, reputación, etc.
- 3Ascender en prestigio y posiciones en la sociedad.
- 4Crecer, agrandarse, hablando de cosas inanimadas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how medrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lázaro de Tormes, quien ha de mirar a dichos de malas lenguas, nunca medrará.
Consideraba a la gente de armas como holgazanes sin principios, intrigantes y ambiciosos, expertos en prestigio a los civiles para medrar en el desorden.
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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