rastrillar

/[rast̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“rastrillar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a verb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Recoger con el rastro la parva en las eras o la hierba segada en los prados.

Key facts for rastrillar
PropertyValue
Headwordrastrillar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[rast̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rastrillar” sits in Spanish frequency

rastrillar falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rastrillar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rast̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for rastrillar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 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 rastrillar, spelled R-A-S-T-R-I-L-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recoger con el rastro la parva en las eras o la hierba segada en los prados.
  2. 2
    Pasar la rastra por los sembrados.
  3. 3
    Limpiar de hierba con el rastrillo las calles de los parques y jardines.
  4. 4
    Limpiar el lino o cáñamo de la arista y estopa.
  5. 5
    Encender un fósforo.
  6. 6
    En operaciones militares o policiales, asegurar, inspeccionar o despejar una zona despoblada.
  7. 7
    Robar a una persona ebria mientras está dormida.
  8. 8
    Robar en el barrio propio.
  9. 9
    Accionar el gatillo de un arma sin disparar el proyectil.
  10. 10
    Quitar el seguro de un arma, tal que quede lista para disparar.
  11. 11
    Cargar un fusil con el cerrojo.
  12. 12
    Censurar el comportamiento de otro recurriendo a indirectas.
  13. 13
    Reprochar.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rastrillar"?
"rastrillar" is spelled R-A-S-T-R-I-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [rast̪ɾiˈʝaɾ].
What does "rastrillar" mean?
As a verb, "rastrillar" means: Recoger con el rastro la parva en las eras o la hierba segada en los prados.
How do you pronounce "rastrillar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rastrillar" is [rast̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rastrillar" come from?
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Using “rastrillar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-S-T-R-I-L-L-A-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [rast̪ɾiˈʝaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.