parar
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#2,259
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
parar is aSpanishverb. It means: Detener; evitar el avance, el movimiento o la acción de algo o de alguien. Pronounced [paˈɾaɾ]. It ranks #2,259 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pasa and pura.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for parar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,259 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for parar, with forms such as "aprar", "paarr", and "pararr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pasa", "pura", "paro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is parar, spelled P-A-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Detener; evitar el avance, el movimiento o la acción de algo o de alguien.
- 2Poner de pie, sobre los pies (y no sentado o acostado).
- 3Prevenir o preparar.
- 4Arriesgar dinero u otra cosa de valor a una suerte del juego.
- 5Hablando de los perros de caza, mostrarla, suspendiéndose al verla o descubrirla, o con alguna otra señal.
- 6Poner a alguien en estado diferente del que tenía.
- 7Quitar con la espada el golpe del contrario.
- 8Detener o empujar el balón un portero o arquero, evitando que la pelota entre en su arco o portería.
- 9Adornar, componer o ataviar una cosa.
- 10Ordenar, mandar, disponer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprar,paarr,pararr,parrar,pparar,praar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parar
Misspelling Variants of "parar"
Frequency rank: #2,259 in Spanish
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