subcontratar
[suβ̞kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“subcontratar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,483 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,483
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contratar una empresa a otra, para que esta última efectúe el trabajo que le estaba destinado inicialmente a la primera.
Corpus desk
Index ES-subcontratar · subcontratar · Spanish
subcontratar · rank #81,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,483
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH stray
Nearest frequency peer: stray (-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 “subcontratar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- stray
stray
18,519 corpus weight
- subcontratar
subcontratar
18,518 corpus weight
- subgéneros
subgéneros
18,517 corpus weight
- subrepticia…
subrepticiamente
18,515 corpus weight
- sucedida
sucedida
18,514 corpus weight
- sucedáneo
sucedáneo
18,513 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “subcontratar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subcontratar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suβ̞kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #81,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “subcontratar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
subcontratar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,483 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [suβ̞kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contratar una empresa a otra, para que esta última efectúe el trabajo que le estaba destinado inicialmente a la primera.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for subcontratar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is subcontratar, spelled S-U-B-C-O-N-T-R-A-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Contratar una empresa a otra, para que esta última efectúe el trabajo que le estaba destinado inicialmente a la primera.
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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