obrar
[oˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“obrar” sits in 18 confusable pairs (corpus #28,474) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #28,474
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ejecutar una acción, hacer algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obrar · obrar · Spanish
obrar · rank #28,474 · 4 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,474
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH objetivas
Nearest frequency peer: objetivas (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “obrar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nupcial
nupcial
71,531 corpus weight
- néctar
néctar
71,530 corpus weight
- objetivas
objetivas
71,528 corpus weight
- obrar
obrar
71,527 corpus weight
- obsceno
obsceno
71,526 corpus weight
- obsoletos
obsoletos
71,524 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “obrar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #28,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “obrar” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for obrar is neighbouring look-alikes ("ora", "otra", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [oˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. Frequency #28,474 among 1,467 “O” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for obrar, with forms such as "obarr", "obbrar", and "obrarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ora", "otra", "oral", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 obrar, spelled O-B-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ejecutar una acción, hacer algo.
- 2Trabajar en una obra, elaborarla o construirla.
- 3Tener un resultado o efecto.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- obarr
- obbrar
- obrarr
- ovrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obrar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obrar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "obrar" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ora". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #28,474 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.