prevaricar
[pɾeβ̞aɾiˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“prevaricar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incurrir en el delito de prevaricato.
Corpus desk
Index ES-prevaricar · prevaricar · Spanish
prevaricar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prevaricar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾeβ̞aɾiˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “prevaricar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
prevaricar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾeβ̞aɾiˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for prevaricar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is prevaricar, spelled P-R-E-V-A-R-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Incurrir en el delito de prevaricato.
- 2Incurrir en otras faltas menos graves.
- 3Hablar sin el uso de la razón o juicio
- 4Incitar a alguien a prevaricar_(1,2)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.