otorgar
[ot̪oɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“otorgar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,192
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acceder, aceptar o decir que sí a algo solicitado o preguntado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-otorgar · otorgar · Spanish
otorgar · rank #10,192 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,192
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ordinario
Nearest frequency peer: ordinario (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “otorgar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- obtuvieron
obtuvieron
89,812 corpus weight
- ofensivo
ofensivo
89,811 corpus weight
- ordinario
ordinario
89,810 corpus weight
- otorgar
otorgar
89,809 corpus weight
- patentes
patentes
89,808 corpus weight
- pensaron
pensaron
89,807 corpus weight
What this shows “otorgar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | otorgar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ot̪oɾˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “otorgar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around otorgar (IPA [ot̪oɾˈɣ̞aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,192 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for otorgar, with forms such as "ootrgar", "otograr", and "otoragr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "otorgaron", "otorga", "otorgan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is otorgar, spelled O-T-O-R-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Acceder, aceptar o decir que sí a algo solicitado o preguntado.
- 2Dar, brindar u ofrecer algo, especialmente una gracia, una merced, un premio o un honor.
- 3Tomar una decisión, hacer una promesa, o establecer un acuerdo sobre algo, especialmente de manera oficial o notarial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how otorgar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
-No me levantaré jamás de donde estoy, valeroso caballero, fasta que la vuestra cortesía me otorgue un don que pedirle quiero, el cual redundará en alabanza vuestra y en pro del género humano.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ootrgar
- otograr
- otoragr
- otorgarr
- otorggar
- otorgra
- otorrgar
- otrogar
- ottorgar
- toorgar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of otorgar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "otorgar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).