sabotear

[saβ̞ot̪eˈaɾ]

/[saβ̞ot̪eˈaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“sabotear” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,553. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,553
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entorpecer un proceso económico, productivo administrativo destruyendo o estropeando los medios necesarios para el mismo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sabotear · sabotear · Spanish

sabotear · rank #28,553 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,553
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH rupias

Nearest frequency peer: rupias (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sabotear”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “sabotear” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sabotear vs saborear
88% similar

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

Key facts for sabotear
PropertyValue
Headwordsabotear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[saβ̞ot̪eˈaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,553
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sabotear”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.sabotearcae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “rupias” (#28,552), “rizado” (#28,551), “Salina” (#28,555). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sabotear” va en #28,553. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sabotear (IPA [saβ̞ot̪eˈaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,553 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sabotear, with forms such as "asbotear", "sabbotear", and "saboetar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "saborear", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sabotear, spelled S-A-B-O-T-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entorpecer un proceso económico, productivo administrativo destruyendo o estropeando los medios necesarios para el mismo.
  2. 2
    Más generalmente, oponerse subrepticia y activamente a un proyecto.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sabotear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Los privilegios lesionados, la burguesía, el clero, y la debilidad e ineptitud del Gobierno levantaron fuerte marejada contra la República. Que, por otra parte, sólo imponía el rigor de la ley, heredada de los monárquicos, a los trabajadores que pedían pan y trabajo, pero no a los grandes propietarios, que saboteaban el régimen produciendo un paro artific…
  2. Siguiendo el ejemplo histórico de Inglaterra cuando con sus famosos asignados falsos que enviaba en barcos de pescadores intentó sabotear al gobierno de la revolución en Francia, los anarquistas en muchas ocasiones realizaron falsificaciones en gran escala.

This word in other languages

sabotage(English)saboter(Français)sabotieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asbotear
  • sabbotear
  • saboetar
  • sabotaer
  • sabotearr
  • sabotera
  • sabottear
  • sabtoear
  • saobtear
  • savotear
  • sbaotear
  • ssabotear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sabotear - 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.

asbotear2sabbotear1saboetar2sabotaer2sabotearr1sabotera2sabottear1sabtoear2
Edit distance from "sabotear"

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 "sabotear"?
"sabotear" is spelled S-A-B-O-T-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [saβ̞ot̪eˈaɾ].
What does "sabotear" mean?
As a verb, "sabotear" means: Entorpecer un proceso económico, productivo administrativo destruyendo o estropeando los medios necesarios para el mismo.
What words are commonly confused with "sabotear"?
"sabotear" is commonly confused with "saborear". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sabotear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabotear" is [saβ̞ot̪eˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabotear" come from?
"sabotear" 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 "sabotear", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

rencores#28,546saturado#28,560seguirás#28,562referían#28,543

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

prolonga12 variantsvinieran12 variantsabrazado12 variantsafectaba12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list