plagiar

[plaˈxjaɾ]

/[plaˈxjaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“plagiar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,317 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,317
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utilizar como si fuera de autoría propia una obra, o partes de ella, de otro autor.

Corpus desk

Index ES-plagiar · plagiar · Spanish

plagiar · rank #63,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,317
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pisaron

Nearest frequency peer: pisaron (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “plagiar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “plagiar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for plagiar
PropertyValue
Headwordplagiar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[plaˈxjaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,317
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “plagiar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.plagiarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “pisaron” (#63,316), “pirateado” (#63,315), “poderle” (#63,320). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “plagiar” va en #63,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plagiar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,317 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [plaˈxjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for plagiar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is plagiar, spelled P-L-A-G-I-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utilizar como si fuera de autoría propia una obra, o partes de ella, de otro autor.
  2. 2
    Emplear o tomar para sí material protegido con copyright sin autorización, infringiendo las leyes a tal respecto.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plagiar"?
"plagiar" is spelled P-L-A-G-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [plaˈxjaɾ].
What does "plagiar" mean?
As a verb, "plagiar" means: Utilizar como si fuera de autoría propia una obra, o partes de ella, de otro autor.
How do you pronounce "plagiar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plagiar" is [plaˈxjaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plagiar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plagiar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list