rascar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#43,216
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
7
similar word pairs
rascar is aSpanishverb. It means: Refregar o frotar fuertemente la piel con una cosa aguda o áspera, y por lo regular con las uñas con el fin de mitigar el prurito o picazón. Pronounced [rasˈkaɾ]. Often confused with rosca and rayar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rascar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rasˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rascar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rasˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,216 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 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 rascar, with forms such as "arscar", "racsar", and "rasacr". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rosca", "rayar", "rasta", 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 rascar, spelled R-A-S-C-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Refregar o frotar fuertemente la piel con una cosa aguda o áspera, y por lo regular con las uñas con el fin de mitigar el prurito o picazón.
- 2Raspar, rasgar, herir ligeramente el cutis con las uñas, un alfiler, etc.
- 3Limpiar con rascador o rasqueta alguna cosa.
- 4Acercarse, aproximarse.
- 5Conseguir una calificación suficiente para aprobar un examen, habiendo estado a punto de desaprobar.
- 6Tener relaciones sexuales con alguien.
- 7Dicho de la comida: producir acidez en la boca.
- 8Robar.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arscar,racsar,rasacr,rascarr,rasccar,rascra,rasscar,rrascar,rsacar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rascar
Misspelling Variants of "rascar"
Frequency rank: #43,216 in Spanish
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