purgar

/[puɾˈɣ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,096

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

purgar is aSpanishverb. It means: Limpiar, purificar una cosa, quitándole todo cuanto la puede hacer imperfecta o no le conviene. Pronounced [puɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Often confused with putear and purgas.

Key facts for purgar
PropertyValue
Headwordpurgar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[puɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,096
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for purgar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [puɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,096 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for purgar, with forms such as "ppurgar", "prugar", and "pugrar". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "putear", "purgas", "pura", 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 purgar, spelled P-U-R-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Limpiar, purificar una cosa, quitándole todo cuanto la puede hacer imperfecta o no le conviene.
  2. 2
    Eliminar el aire que haya entrado en las cañerías o tuberías, en especial de la calefacción, utilizando para ello los purgadores de los radiadores.
  3. 3
    Satisfacer con una pena parte o todo lo que uno merecía por su culpa o delito.
  4. 4
    Padecer el alma las penas del purgatorio para purificarse de las reliquias del pecado y poder entrar en el cielo.
  5. 5
    Dar al enfermo la medicina conveniente para exonerar el vientre.
  6. 6
    Evacuar un humor, ya sea naturalmente o mediante la medicina que se ha aplicado a este fin.
  7. 7
    Expiar.
  8. 8
    Purificar, acrisolar.
  9. 9
    Corregir, moderar las pasiones.
  10. 10
    Desvanecer los indicios, sospecha o nota que hay contra una persona.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppurgar,prugar,pugrar,puragr,purgarr,purggar,purgra,purrgar,uprgar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for purgar

Misspelling Variants of "purgar"

ppurgar7prugar6pugrar6puragr6purgarr7purggar7purgra6purrgar7
Misspelling Variants of "purgar"

Frequency rank: #42,096 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "purgar"?
"purgar" is spelled P-U-R-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [puɾˈɣ̞aɾ].
What does "purgar" mean?
As a verb, "purgar" means: Limpiar, purificar una cosa, quitándole todo cuanto la puede hacer imperfecta o no le conviene.
What words are commonly confused with "purgar"?
"purgar" is commonly confused with "putear", "purgas", "pura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "purgar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "purgar" is [puɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "purgar" come from?
"purgar" 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.