requisar
[rekiˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“requisar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #87,193 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #87,193
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer requisición de caballos, vehículos, alimentos y otras cosas para el servicio militar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | requisar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rekiˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “requisar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for requisar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [rekiˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,193 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for requisar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is requisar, spelled R-E-Q-U-I-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer requisición de caballos, vehículos, alimentos y otras cosas para el servicio militar.
- 2Dicho de la autoridad: expropiar bienes sin seguir los procedimientos usuales debido a causas de fuerza mayor, generalmente una guerra.
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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Using “requisar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-Q-U-I-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [rekiˈsaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.