rajar
[raˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“rajar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #43,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,807
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dividir en trozos por medio de hendeduras practicadas a golpe.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rajar · rajar · Spanish
rajar · rank #43,807 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,807
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH ranchero
Nearest frequency peer: ranchero (+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 “rajar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- quebrantar
quebrantar
56,199 corpus weight
- rajar
rajar
56,194 corpus weight
- ranchero
ranchero
56,193 corpus weight
- rastrero
rastrero
56,191 corpus weight
- Raymundo
Raymundo
56,190 corpus weight
- rayón
rayón
56,189 corpus weight
What this shows “rajar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rajar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [raˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “rajar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around rajar (IPA [raˈxaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,807 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rajar, with forms such as "arjar", "raajr", and "rajarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "roja", "raza", "rara", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 rajar, spelled R-A-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dividir en trozos por medio de hendeduras practicadas a golpe.
- 2Hender o abrir hendedura.
- 3Romper o quebrar.
- 4Decir muchas mentiras.
- 5Faltar a su palabra.
- 6Cortar a alguien con arma blanca.
- 7Sacar mal en un examen el profesor al alumno.
- 8Delatar a alguien, acusar una falta.
- 9Echar a alguien de un lugar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rajar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Confieso que no entiendo mucho de economía (a la que Thomas Carlyle llamaba, "la ciencia lúgubre"), y me rajaron en Política Económica. Sin embargo, sí creo saber algo de Derecho Civil, …
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arjar
- raajr
- rajarr
- rajjar
- rajra
- rjaar
- rrajar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rajar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rajar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).