ojear
[oxeˈaɾ]
The verdict
“ojear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,403 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,403
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dirigir los ojos y mirar con atención a determinada parte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ojear · ojear · Spanish
ojear · rank #79,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,403
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH oficioso
Nearest frequency peer: oficioso (-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 “ojear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- odiabas
odiabas
20,600 corpus weight
- oficioso
oficioso
20,599 corpus weight
- ojear
ojear
20,598 corpus weight
- olió
olió
20,597 corpus weight
- operetas
operetas
20,596 corpus weight
- optas
optas
20,595 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ojear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ojear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oxeˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ojear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ojear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,403 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [oxeˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ojear in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ojear, spelled O-J-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dirigir los ojos y mirar con atención a determinada parte.
- 2Hacer mal de ojo.
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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