timar
[t̪iˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“timar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,383 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,383
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sustraer cosas ajenas valiéndose de mentiras.
Corpus desk
Index ES-timar · timar · Spanish
timar · rank #88,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,383
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH thesis
Nearest frequency peer: thesis (-2 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 “timar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tejones
tejones
11,624 corpus weight
- teka
teka
11,623 corpus weight
- tergiversan…
tergiversando
11,622 corpus weight
- thesis
thesis
11,620 corpus weight
- timar
timar
11,618 corpus weight
- tobillera
tobillera
11,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “timar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪iˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “timar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
timar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,383 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪iˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for timar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is timar, spelled T-I-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sustraer cosas ajenas valiéndose de mentiras.
- 2Engañar con falsas promesas.
- 3Obtener dinero de manera fraudulenta vaiéndose de artimañas o ardides.
Synonyms
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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