titubear
[t̪it̪uβ̞eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“titubear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,552 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,552
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oscilar, perder el equilibrio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-titubear · titubear · Spanish
titubear · rank #66,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,552
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tilden
Nearest frequency peer: tilden (-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 “titubear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- testifica
testifica
33,453 corpus weight
- texano
texano
33,452 corpus weight
- tilden
tilden
33,451 corpus weight
- titubear
titubear
33,449 corpus weight
- tomi
tomi
33,447 corpus weight
- torturadas
torturadas
33,445 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “titubear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | titubear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪it̪uβ̞eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “titubear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
titubear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,552 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪it̪uβ̞eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
titubear has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 titubear, spelled T-I-T-U-B-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Oscilar, perder el equilibrio.
- 2Tropezar en la pronunciación de palabras.
- 3Sentirse perplejo en algún ámbito.
- 4Vacilar, actuar sin firmeza.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how titubear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Estos pensamientos le hicieron titubear en su propósito; mas, pudiendo más su locura que otra razón alguna, propuso de hacerse armar caballero del primero que topase, a imitación de otros muchos que así lo hicieron, según él había leído en los libros que tal le tenían.
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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