trabajar

/[t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#518

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

trabajar is aSpanishverb. It means: Realizar una actividad sea física o mental. Pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ]. It ranks #518 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with trabar and trabajo.

Key facts for trabajar
PropertyValue
Headwordtrabajar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#518
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for trabajar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #518 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for trabajar, with forms such as "rtabajar", "tarbajar", and "traabjar". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "trabar", "trabajo", "trabajé", 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 trabajar, spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Realizar una actividad sea física o mental.
  2. 2
    Ejercer un oficio o actividad con propósito de lucro.
  3. 3
    Ocupar un puesto de trabajo en una empresa o institución, percibiendo una remuneración.
  4. 4
    Funcionar.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtabajar,tarbajar,traabjar,trabaajr,trabajarr,trabajjar,trabajra,trabbajar,trabjaar,travajar,trbaajar,trrabajar,ttrabajar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trabajar

Misspelling Variants of "trabajar"

rtabajar8tarbajar8traabjar8trabaajr8trabajarr9trabajjar9trabajra8trabbajar9
Misspelling Variants of "trabajar"

Frequency rank: #518 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trabajar"?
"trabajar" is spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ].
What does "trabajar" mean?
As a verb, "trabajar" means: Realizar una actividad sea física o mental.
What words are commonly confused with "trabajar"?
"trabajar" is commonly confused with "trabar", "trabajo", "trabajé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trabajar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trabajar" is [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈxaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trabajar" come from?
"trabajar" 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.