substituir
[suβ̞st̪iˈt̪wiɾ]
The verdict
“substituir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,919 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,919
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante anticuada de sustituir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-substituir · substituir · Spanish
substituir · rank #75,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,919
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sucinta
Nearest frequency peer: sucinta (+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 “substituir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- substituir
substituir
24,082 corpus weight
- sucinta
sucinta
24,081 corpus weight
- surca
surca
24,079 corpus weight
- sustitutiva
sustitutiva
24,078 corpus weight
- sustituyera
sustituyera
24,077 corpus weight
- síncope
síncope
24,075 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “substituir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | substituir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suβ̞st̪iˈt̪wiɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “substituir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
substituir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,919 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [suβ̞st̪iˈt̪wiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante anticuada de sustituir.".
substituir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is substituir, spelled S-U-B-S-T-I-T-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Variante anticuada de sustituir.
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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