sepultar
[sepul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“sepultar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,648 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,648
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner un cadáver en un lugar destinado para los difuntos, generalmente bajo tierra o en un nicho funerario.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sepultar · sepultar · Spanish
sepultar · rank #62,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,648
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH septicemia
Nearest frequency peer: septicemia (-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 “sepultar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sema
sema
37,357 corpus weight
- semánticas
semánticas
37,356 corpus weight
- sensitiva
sensitiva
37,355 corpus weight
- septicemia
septicemia
37,354 corpus weight
- sepultar
sepultar
37,353 corpus weight
- seso
seso
37,351 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sepultar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sepultar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sepul̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sepultar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sepultar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,648 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sepul̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
sepultar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sepultar, spelled S-E-P-U-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner un cadáver en un lugar destinado para los difuntos, generalmente bajo tierra o en un nicho funerario.
- 2Poner algo fuera de la vista o de la atención; ocultarlo o dejarlo al olvido.
- 3Hundir el ánimo o la conciencia bajo el peso de fuertes emociones o pensamientos.
This word in other languages
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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