repelar
[repeˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“repelar” 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) - Tirar del pelo o arrancarlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-repelar · repelar · Spanish
repelar · 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 | repelar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [repeˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “repelar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
repelar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [repeˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for repelar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is repelar, spelled R-E-P-E-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tirar del pelo o arrancarlo.
- 2Hacer dar al caballo una carrera corta.
- 3Cortar las puntas a la hierba.
- 4Cercenar, quitar, disminuir.
- 5Eliminar el pelo cortándolo al rape.
- 6Refunfuñar a lo que se manda, ejecutándolo de mala gana.
- 7Pastorear el ganado por segunda vez en una misma zona.
- 8Recoger la última cosecha de café sin seleccionar los granos por madurez.
- 9Llamar la atención un superior a un subalterno.
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.