propulsar
[pɾopulˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“propulsar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,699 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,699
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impeler hacia adelante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-propulsar · propulsar · Spanish
propulsar · rank #96,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,699
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pronunciándose
Nearest frequency peer: pronunciándose (-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 “propulsar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- promoviera
promoviera
3,306 corpus weight
- promulgan
promulgan
3,305 corpus weight
- pronunciaban
pronunciaban
3,304 corpus weight
- pronunciánd…
pronunciándose
3,303 corpus weight
- propulsar
propulsar
3,302 corpus weight
- prosperará
prosperará
3,301 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “propulsar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | propulsar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾopulˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “propulsar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
propulsar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,699 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾopulˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for propulsar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is propulsar, spelled P-R-O-P-U-L-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Impeler hacia adelante.
- 2Repulsar.
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.
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