sustraerse

[sust̪ɾaˈeɾse]

/[sust̪ɾaˈeɾse]/ verb

The verdict

“sustraerse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,008 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,008
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ponerse o quedar fuera, aparte o libre de donde se estaba o de una clasificación, regla, obligación, intento, etc.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sustraerse · sustraerse · Spanish

sustraerse · rank #99,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,008
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sustitutivos

Nearest frequency peer: sustitutivos (-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 “sustraerse”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sustraerse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sustraerse
PropertyValue
Headwordsustraerse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sust̪ɾaˈeɾse]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,008
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sustraerse” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sustraersecae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “sustitutivos” (#99,007), “suspiran” (#99,006), “suspendieran” (#99,005). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sustraerse” va en #99,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sustraerse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,008 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sust̪ɾaˈeɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ponerse o quedar fuera, aparte o libre de donde se estaba o de una clasificación, regla, obligación, intento, etc.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sustraerse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 sustraerse, spelled S-U-S-T-R-A-E-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ponerse o quedar fuera, aparte o libre de donde se estaba o de una clasificación, regla, obligación, intento, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Así como las diversas expresiones del semblante se sustraen al más hábil pincel, así las impresiones que se aglomeran en el alma se sustraen a la demostración por el lenguaje

Synonyms

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 "sustraerse"?
"sustraerse" is spelled S-U-S-T-R-A-E-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [sust̪ɾaˈeɾse].
What does "sustraerse" mean?
As a verb, "sustraerse" means: Ponerse o quedar fuera, aparte o libre de donde se estaba o de una clasificación, regla, obligación, intento, etc.
How do you pronounce "sustraerse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sustraerse" is [sust̪ɾaˈeɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sustraerse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list