regular

/[reɣ̞uˈlaɾ]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,633

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

regular is anSpanishadj. It means: Ajustado y conforme a regla. Pronounced [reɣ̞uˈlaɾ]. It ranks #2,633 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with revelar and regulen.

Key facts for regular
PropertyValue
Headwordregular
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[reɣ̞uˈlaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,633
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for regular is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reɣ̞uˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,633 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 regular, with forms such as "ergular", "reggular", and "regluar". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "revelar", "regulen", "resultar", 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 regular, spelled R-E-G-U-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
    Ajustado y conforme a regla.
  2. 2
    Ajustado, medido, arreglado en las acciones y modos de vivir.
  3. 3
    Mediano.
  4. 4
    Dicho de alguien o de algo: Que vive bajo una regla o instituto religioso, y a lo que pertenece a su estado.
  5. 5
    Dicho de un polígono: Que tiene lados y ángulos iguales entre sí; asimismo del poliedro, cuyas caras y ángulos sólidos son también iguales.
  6. 6
    Dicho de una palabra: Que deriva o está formada por otro vocablo, según la regla de formación seguida generalmente por las de su clase.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergular,reggular,regluar,regualr,regularr,regullar,regulra,reuglar,rgeular,rregular

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for regular

Misspelling Variants of "regular"

ergular7reggular8regluar7regualr7regularr8regullar8regulra7reuglar7
Misspelling Variants of "regular"

Frequency rank: #2,633 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regular"?
"regular" is spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [reɣ̞uˈlaɾ].
What does "regular" mean?
As an adj, "regular" means: Ajustado y conforme a regla.
What words are commonly confused with "regular"?
"regular" is commonly confused with "revelar", "regulen", "resultar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regular"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regular" is [reɣ̞uˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regular" come from?
"regular" 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.