obligarse
[oβ̞liˈɣ̞aɾse]
The verdict
“obligarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,234 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,234
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comprometerse, hacerse responsable de una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obligarse · obligarse · Spanish
obligarse · rank #92,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,234
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH obedecían
Nearest frequency peer: obedecían (-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 “obligarse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- obedeces
obedeces
7,769 corpus weight
- obedecían
obedecían
7,768 corpus weight
- obligarse
obligarse
7,767 corpus weight
- observad
observad
7,766 corpus weight
- odiará
odiará
7,765 corpus weight
- olfatear
olfatear
7,761 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “obligarse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obligarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oβ̞liˈɣ̞aɾse] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “obligarse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
obligarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,234 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [oβ̞liˈɣ̞aɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Comprometerse, hacerse responsable de una cosa.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for obligarse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is obligarse, spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Comprometerse, hacerse responsable de una cosa.
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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