naufragar
[nawfɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“naufragar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,767 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,767
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hundirse o irse a pique una nave.
Corpus desk
Index ES-naufragar · naufragar · Spanish
naufragar · rank #61,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,767
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH negaciones
Nearest frequency peer: negaciones (+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 “naufragar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- moroso
moroso
38,240 corpus weight
- movilizada
movilizada
38,239 corpus weight
- naufragar
naufragar
38,234 corpus weight
- negaciones
negaciones
38,233 corpus weight
- negociante
negociante
38,232 corpus weight
- negritas
negritas
38,231 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “naufragar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naufragar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [nawfɾaˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “naufragar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
naufragar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,767 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [nawfɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for naufragar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is naufragar, spelled N-A-U-F-R-A-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hundirse o irse a pique una nave.
- 2Ser una persona víctima de un naufragio.
- 3Salir mal un intento o una empresa.
Synonyms
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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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