participar

/[paɾt̪isiˈpaɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,326

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

participar is aSpanishverb. It means: Tener uno parte en una cosa o tocarle algo de ella. Pronounced [paɾt̪isiˈpaɾ]. It ranks #1,326 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with participo and participé.

Key facts for participar
PropertyValue
Headwordparticipar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[paɾt̪isiˈpaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,326
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of participar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for participar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɾt̪isiˈpaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,326 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for participar, with forms such as "aprticipar", "paritcipar", and "parrticipar". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "participo", "participé", "particular", 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 participar, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tener uno parte en una cosa o tocarle algo de ella.
  2. 2
    Incluirse en alguna acción o hecho.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprticipar,paritcipar,parrticipar,partciipar,particcipar,particiapr,participarr,particippar,participra,particpiar,partiicpar,partisipar,partticipar,patricipar,pparticipar,praticipar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for participar

Misspelling Variants of "participar"

aprticipar10paritcipar10parrticipar11partciipar10particcipar11particiapr10participarr11particippar11
Misspelling Variants of "participar"

Frequency rank: #1,326 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "participar"?
"participar" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [paɾt̪isiˈpaɾ].
What does "participar" mean?
As a verb, "participar" means: Tener uno parte en una cosa o tocarle algo de ella.
What words are commonly confused with "participar"?
"participar" is commonly confused with "participo", "participé", "particular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "participar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "participar" is [paɾt̪isiˈpaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "participar" come from?
"participar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.