publicar

[puβ̞liˈkaɾ]

/[puβ̞liˈkaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“publicar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,009
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer notorio o patente, por medio de voz de pregonero o por otros medios, algo que se quiere hacer llegar a noticia de todos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-publicar · publicar · Spanish

publicar · rank #3,009 · 13 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,009
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH producido

Nearest frequency peer: producido (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “publicar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “publicar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

publicar vs público
63% similar
publicar vs públicos
63% similar
publicar vs publicas
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for publicar
PropertyValue
Headwordpublicar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[puβ̞liˈkaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,009
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “publicar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).publicarcae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “producido” (#3,008), “posiciones” (#3,007), “reducción” (#3,011). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “publicar” va en #3,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around publicar (IPA [puβ̞liˈkaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,009 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for publicar, with forms such as "pbulicar", "ppublicar", and "pubblicar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "público", "públicos", "publicas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 publicar, spelled P-U-B-L-I-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer notorio o patente, por medio de voz de pregonero o por otros medios, algo que se quiere hacer llegar a noticia de todos.
  2. 2
    Hacer patente y manifiesto al público algo.
  3. 3
    Revelar o decir lo que estaba secreto u oculto y se debía callar.
  4. 4
    Correr las amonestaciones para el matrimonio y las órdenes sagradas.
  5. 5
    Difundir por medio de la imprenta o de otro procedimiento cualquiera un escrito, estampa, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how publicar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Transcribimos in extenso la crónica que se publica en el periódico “El diario” (22-III-1987) escrita por el periodista Guillermo Zavala Wilson, referente al acto social».
  2. «Solo publicó un libro, llamado Le Pays où tout est permis (Montfaucon Research Center, 1972, 280 páginas facsímiles)».

Synonyms

divulgarhacer públicodivulgarpropalarrevelardifundirrevelardifundirdiseminardivulgareditarpromulgar

This word in other languages

publish(English)publier(Français)veröffentlichen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pbulicar
  • ppublicar
  • pubblicar
  • pubilcar
  • publciar
  • publiacr
  • publicarr
  • publiccar
  • publicra
  • publlicar
  • pulbicar
  • puvlicar
  • upblicar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of publicar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pbulicar2ppublicar1pubblicar1pubilcar2publciar2publiacr2publicarr1publiccar1
Edit distance from "publicar"

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 "publicar"?
"publicar" is spelled P-U-B-L-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [puβ̞liˈkaɾ].
What does "publicar" mean?
As a verb, "publicar" means: Hacer notorio o patente, por medio de voz de pregonero o por otros medios, algo que se quiere hacer llegar a noticia de todos.
What words are commonly confused with "publicar"?
"publicar" is commonly confused with "público", "públicos", "publicas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "publicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "publicar" is [puβ̞liˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "publicar" come from?
"publicar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Portugal#3,006Paraguay#3,002talleres#3,020teniente#3,023

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

pasajeros13 variantsnumerosas13 variantslocalidad13 variantsentidades13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list