regalar

/[reɣ̞aˈlaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,191

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

regalar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ceder un bien material sin recibir a cambio un pago, a menudo para agradar a quien lo recibe. Pronounced [reɣ̞aˈlaɾ]. It ranks #9,191 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Regla and regar.

Key facts for regalar
PropertyValue
Headwordregalar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reɣ̞aˈlaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,191
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of regalar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for regalar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reɣ̞aˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,191 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for regalar, with forms such as "ergalar", "reaglar", and "regaalr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Regla", "regar", "reglas", 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 regalar, spelled R-E-G-A-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
    Ceder un bien material sin recibir a cambio un pago, a menudo para agradar a quien lo recibe.
  2. 2
    Halagar, acariciar o hacer expresiones de afecto y benevolencia.
  3. 3
    Recrear o deleitar.
  4. 4
    Vender un artículo a un precio exageradamente bajo, por lo general muy por debajo del coste. O simplemente entregarlo prácticamente gratis.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergalar,reaglar,regaalr,regalarr,regallar,regalra,reggalar,reglaar,rgealar,rregalar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for regalar

Misspelling Variants of "regalar"

ergalar7reaglar7regaalr7regalarr8regallar8regalra7reggalar8reglaar7
Misspelling Variants of "regalar"

Frequency rank: #9,191 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regalar"?
"regalar" is spelled R-E-G-A-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [reɣ̞aˈlaɾ].
What does "regalar" mean?
As a verb, "regalar" means: Ceder un bien material sin recibir a cambio un pago, a menudo para agradar a quien lo recibe.
What words are commonly confused with "regalar"?
"regalar" is commonly confused with "Regla", "regar", "reglas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regalar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regalar" is [reɣ̞aˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regalar" come from?
"regalar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.