rodear
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#25,040
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
rodear is aSpanishverb. It means: Estar cosas alrededor de alguien o algo. Pronounced [roð̞eˈaɾ]. Often confused with Roger and rodeo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rodear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [roð̞eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rodear is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [roð̞eˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,040 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for rodear, with forms such as "ordear", "rdoear", and "rodaer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Roger", "rodeo", "rogar", 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 rodear, spelled R-O-D-E-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Estar cosas alrededor de alguien o algo.
- 2Ponerse personas o animales alrededor de alguien o algo.
- 3Poner cosas alrededor de alguien o algo.
- 4Llevar el ganado desde donde pace al lugar en que se le reúne.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ordear,rdoear,rodaer,roddear,rodearr,rodera,roedar,rrodear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rodear
Misspelling Variants of "rodear"
Frequency rank: #25,040 in Spanish
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