pegar

/[peˈɣ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,442

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pegar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer que una cosa quede adherida a otra. Pronounced [peˈɣ̞aɾ]. It ranks #6,442 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Per and peor.

Key facts for pegar
PropertyValue
Headwordpegar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peˈɣ̞aɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,442
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pegar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈɣ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,442 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pegar, with forms such as "epgar", "peagr", and "pegarr". 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, "Per", "peor", "pena", 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 pegar, spelled P-E-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer que una cosa quede adherida a otra.
  2. 2
    Juntar dos cosas de modo que no quede virtualmente espacio entre ellas.
  3. 3
    Infligir castigo físico mediante golpes.
  4. 4
    Propinar un golpe específico.
  5. 5
    Contagiar, ya sea una enfermedad o un hábito.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epgar,peagr,pegarr,peggar,pegra,pgear,ppegar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pegar

Misspelling Variants of "pegar"

epgar5peagr5pegarr6peggar6pegra5pgear5ppegar6
Misspelling Variants of "pegar"

Frequency rank: #6,442 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pegar"?
"pegar" is spelled P-E-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈɣ̞aɾ].
What does "pegar" mean?
As a verb, "pegar" means: Hacer que una cosa quede adherida a otra.
What words are commonly confused with "pegar"?
"pegar" is commonly confused with "Per", "peor", "pena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pegar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pegar" is [peˈɣ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pegar" come from?
"pegar" 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.