regatear
[reɣ̞at̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“regatear” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #43,824. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,824
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Negociar el precio de un objeto, a raíz de una petición de disminución de precio realizada por comprador.
Corpus desk
Index ES-regatear · regatear · Spanish
regatear · rank #43,824 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,824
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH regístrese
Nearest frequency peer: regístrese (+1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “regatear”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- reflejen
reflejen
56,181 corpus weight
- refracción
refracción
56,179 corpus weight
- regatear
regatear
56,177 corpus weight
- regístrese
regístrese
56,176 corpus weight
- reivindicado
reivindicado
56,175 corpus weight
- renos
renos
56,173 corpus weight
What this shows “regatear” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regatear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [reɣ̞at̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “regatear”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around regatear (IPA [reɣ̞at̪eˈaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,824 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for regatear, with forms such as "ergatear", "reagtear", and "regaetar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rematar", "relatar", "regata", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is regatear, spelled R-E-G-A-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Negociar el precio de un objeto, a raíz de una petición de disminución de precio realizada por comprador.
- 2Vender artículos individuales que se han comprado al por mayor.
- 3Intentar hacer menos o ahorrar esfuerzo en la realización de algo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how regatear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No han regateado en los detalles para ofrecer un producto de calidad.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergatear
- reagtear
- regaetar
- regataer
- regatearr
- regatera
- regattear
- reggatear
- regtaear
- rgeatear
- rregatear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regatear - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regatear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).