raptar
[rapˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“raptar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,874 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,874
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomar por la fuerza o contra su voluntad a alguien con el fin de obtener algo a cambio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-raptar · raptar · Spanish
raptar · rank #68,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,874
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH ramada
Nearest frequency peer: ramada (-3 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 “raptar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- quiteños
quiteños
31,134 corpus weight
- racionar
racionar
31,131 corpus weight
- ramada
ramada
31,130 corpus weight
- raptar
raptar
31,127 corpus weight
- rebrote
rebrote
31,121 corpus weight
- rechistar
rechistar
31,120 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “raptar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raptar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rapˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “raptar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
raptar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,874 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [rapˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for raptar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is raptar, spelled R-A-P-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tomar por la fuerza o contra su voluntad a alguien con el fin de obtener algo a cambio.
- 2Llevarse uno o más hombres a una mujer de la casa y potestad de su familia.
- 3Retener a alguien para fines sexuales a través de la fuerza, la intimidación o el engaño.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).