rabiar
[raˈβ̞jaɾ]
The verdict
“rabiar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,801 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,801
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tener o contraer la rabia o hidrofobia (enfermedad del sistema nervioso).
Corpus desk
Index ES-rabiar · rabiar · Spanish
rabiar · rank #53,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,801
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH radioactivos
Nearest frequency peer: radioactivos (+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 “rabiar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- psychology
psychology
46,207 corpus weight
- pueril
pueril
46,205 corpus weight
- quemándose
quemándose
46,202 corpus weight
- rabiar
rabiar
46,200 corpus weight
- radioactivos
radioactivos
46,199 corpus weight
- recomendé
recomendé
46,194 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rabiar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rabiar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [raˈβ̞jaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rabiar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rabiar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,801 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [raˈβ̞jaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rabiar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 rabiar, spelled R-A-B-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tener o contraer la rabia o hidrofobia (enfermedad del sistema nervioso).
- 2Sentir rabia, enojo, enfado, cólera, irritación; ponerse furioso, rabioso o iracundo.
- 3Sentir un deseo vehemente o intenso por algo.
- 4Estar muy por encima de lo usual o lo ordinario; exceder en mucho.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rabiar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bueno, anda pronto, que si tú estás rabiando por casarte, yo estoy rabiando por ver la cara que pondrá el tuerto cuando te vea casado con la prenda de su corazón
Pica que rabia. Rabiaba de tonto
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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