orbitar
[oɾβ̞iˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“orbitar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,760 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,760
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moverse en torno a otro cuerpo por efecto de la gravedad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-orbitar · orbitar · Spanish
orbitar · rank #98,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,760
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH orad
Nearest frequency peer: orad (-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 “orbitar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- opresivas
opresivas
1,245 corpus weight
- opúsculos
opúsculos
1,243 corpus weight
- orad
orad
1,242 corpus weight
- orbitar
orbitar
1,241 corpus weight
- Ornella
Ornella
1,240 corpus weight
- Otilio
Otilio
1,237 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “orbitar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orbitar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oɾβ̞iˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “orbitar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
orbitar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,760 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [oɾβ̞iˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Moverse en torno a otro cuerpo por efecto de la gravedad.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for orbitar 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is orbitar, spelled O-R-B-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Moverse en torno a otro cuerpo por efecto de la gravedad.
This word in other languages
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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