reposar

Name: reposar, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[repoˈsaɾ]

/[repoˈsaɾ]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“reposar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,142
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,151
“R” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Descansar, dar intermisión a la fatiga o al trabajo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-reposar · reposar · Spanish

reposar · rank #28,142 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,142
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 4,151
PHOTO-FINISH reglamentario

Nearest frequency peer: reglamentario (-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.

rectángulo

71,862
reemplazada

71,861
reglamentar…

71,860
reposar

71,859
requeriría

71,858
reservadas

71,857

What this shows “reposar” 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).

reposar vs reposo

71% similar

reposar vs revisar

71% similar

reposar vs revocar

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for reposar
Property	Value
Headword	reposar
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[repoˈsaɾ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#28,142
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	15
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “reposar”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).reposarcae aquí:

#28,142

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “reglamentario” (#28,141), “requeriría” (#28,143), “reemplazada” (#28,140). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “reposar” va en #28,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around reposar (IPA [repoˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,142 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for reposar, with forms such as "erposar", "reopsar", and "repoasr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "reposo", "revisar", "revocar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is reposar, spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-R.

Definition

1
Descansar, dar intermisión a la fatiga o al trabajo.
2
Descansar, durmiendo un breve sueño.
3
Permanecer en quietud y paz y sin alteración una cosa.
4
Estar enterrado, yacer.
5
Tratándose de líquidos, posarse.
6
Permanecer en cama como parte de un tratamiento de una enfermedad grave o una convalecencia postoperatoria.

This word in other languages

rest(English)reposer(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erposar
reopsar
repoasr
reposarr
reposra
repossar
repposar
repsoar
rpeosar
rreposar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reposar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "reposar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reposar"?

"reposar" is spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [repoˈsaɾ].

What does "reposar" mean?

As a verb, "reposar" means: Descansar, dar intermisión a la fatiga o al trabajo.

What words are commonly confused with "reposar"?

"reposar" is commonly confused with "reposo", "revisar", "revocar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "reposar"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reposar" is [repoˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "reposar" come from?

"reposar" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reposar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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