practicar

/[pɾakt̪iˈkaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,822

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

practicar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ejercitar, poner en práctica una cosa que se ha aprendido y especulado. Pronounced [pɾakt̪iˈkaɾ]. It ranks #4,822 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with práctico and practice.

Key facts for practicar
PropertyValue
Headwordpracticar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾakt̪iˈkaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,822
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for practicar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾakt̪iˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,822 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for practicar, with forms such as "parcticar", "ppracticar", and "praccticar". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "práctico", "practice", "prácticos", 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 practicar, spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ejercitar, poner en práctica una cosa que se ha aprendido y especulado.
  2. 2
    Usar o ejercer continuadamente una cosa.
  3. 3
    Ejercer algunos profesores la práctica, al lado y bajo la dirección de un maestro, por tiempo determinado.
  4. 4
    Efectuar, hacer alguna cosa.
  5. 5
    Desempeñar los deberes religiosos.
  6. 6
    Recorrer un país, viajar por él.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: parcticar,ppracticar,praccticar,pracitcar,practciar,practiacr,practicarr,practiccar,practicra,practticar,pratcicar,prcaticar,prracticar,rpacticar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for practicar

Misspelling Variants of "practicar"

parcticar9ppracticar10praccticar10pracitcar9practciar9practiacr9practicarr10practiccar10
Misspelling Variants of "practicar"

Frequency rank: #4,822 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "practicar"?
"practicar" is spelled P-R-A-C-T-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾakt̪iˈkaɾ].
What does "practicar" mean?
As a verb, "practicar" means: Ejercitar, poner en práctica una cosa que se ha aprendido y especulado.
What words are commonly confused with "practicar"?
"practicar" is commonly confused with "práctico", "practice", "prácticos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "practicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "practicar" is [pɾakt̪iˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "practicar" come from?
"practicar" 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.