superar

/[supeˈɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,847

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

superar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ser más, ser mejor, tener una cualidad superior a quien o aquello con que se compara. Pronounced [supeˈɾaɾ]. It ranks #2,847 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with supere and supiera.

Key facts for superar
PropertyValue
Headwordsuperar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[supeˈɾaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,847
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of superar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for superar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [supeˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,847 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for superar, with forms such as "spuerar", "ssuperar", and "sueprar". 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, "supere", "supiera", "superen", 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 superar, spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ser más, ser mejor, tener una cualidad superior a quien o aquello con que se compara.
  2. 2
    Ir más allá del obstáculo o dificultad.
  3. 3
    Llegar más allá del límite impuesto o estimado como norma.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: spuerar,ssuperar,sueprar,supearr,superarr,superra,superrar,supperar,suprear,usperar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for superar

Misspelling Variants of "superar"

spuerar7ssuperar8sueprar7supearr7superarr8superra7superrar8supperar8
Misspelling Variants of "superar"

Frequency rank: #2,847 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "superar"?
"superar" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [supeˈɾaɾ].
What does "superar" mean?
As a verb, "superar" means: Ser más, ser mejor, tener una cualidad superior a quien o aquello con que se compara.
What words are commonly confused with "superar"?
"superar" is commonly confused with "supere", "supiera", "superen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "superar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "superar" is [supeˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "superar" come from?
"superar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.