recelar
[reseˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“recelar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temer, desconfiar y sospechar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-recelar · recelar · Spanish
recelar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recelar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [reseˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “recelar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
recelar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [reseˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
recelar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is recelar, spelled R-E-C-E-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Temer, desconfiar y sospechar.
- 2Poner el caballo frente a la yegua para incitarla o disponerla a que admita el burro garañón.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how recelar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Recelaos del que os puede dañar, no sea que el hablar os pierda y el no hablar os mate.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.