requisar

[rekiˈsaɾ]

/[rekiˈsaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“requisar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,193 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,193
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer requisición de caballos, vehículos, alimentos y otras cosas para el servicio militar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-requisar · requisar · Spanish

requisar · rank #87,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,193
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH represaliados

Nearest frequency peer: represaliados (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “requisar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “requisar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for requisar
PropertyValue
Headwordrequisar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[rekiˈsaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “requisar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.requisarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “represaliados” (#87,192), “repose” (#87,191), “resienten” (#87,195). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “requisar” va en #87,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

requisar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,193 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [rekiˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Hacer requisición de caballos, vehículos, alimentos y otras cosas para el servicio militar.
  2. 2
    Dicho 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "requisar"?
"requisar" is spelled R-E-Q-U-I-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [rekiˈsaɾ].
What does "requisar" mean?
As a verb, "requisar" means: Hacer requisición de caballos, vehículos, alimentos y otras cosas para el servicio militar.
How do you pronounce "requisar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "requisar" is [rekiˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "requisar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list