oscilar
[osiˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“oscilar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,096 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,096
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Desplazarse alternadamente en un sentido o en el opuesto, tal como un péndulo o como una embarcación movida por las olas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oscilar · oscilar · Spanish
oscilar · rank #53,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,096
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH paisas
Nearest frequency peer: paisas (+3 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 “oscilar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- orografía
orografía
46,910 corpus weight
- ortográficas
ortográficas
46,909 corpus weight
- oscilar
oscilar
46,905 corpus weight
- paisas
paisas
46,902 corpus weight
- papada
papada
46,901 corpus weight
- parecerán
parecerán
46,899 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “oscilar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oscilar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [osiˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “oscilar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
oscilar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,096 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [osiˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
oscilar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is oscilar, spelled O-S-C-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Desplazarse alternadamente en un sentido o en el opuesto, tal como un péndulo o como una embarcación movida por las olas.
- 2Aumentar y decrecer, de modo alterno y más o menos regular, valores de fenómenos físicos, cotizaciones o mercancías.
- 3Titubear, vacilar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oscilar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El péndulo de Escocia vuelve a oscilar hacia el lado de los unionistas. A falta de 200 días para el referéndum, el 'no' a la independencia ha vuelto a abrir una nueva brecha de 25 puntos (57% frente al 32%), según el último sondeo de Ipsos para 'The Guardian'. La misma encuesta detecta una creciente ansiedad entre los escoceses por los efectos económicos…
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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