trancar

[t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ]

/[t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“trancar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,326 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,326
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asegurar una puerta o una ventana con un pedazo de madera resistente, la tranca.

Corpus desk

Index ES-trancar · trancar · Spanish

trancar · rank #85,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,326
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tranquilizado…

Nearest frequency peer: tranquilizadora (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “trancar”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “trancar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trancar
PropertyValue
Headwordtrancar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,326
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “trancar” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). trancar lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trancar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,326 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for trancar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 trancar, spelled T-R-A-N-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Asegurar una puerta o una ventana con un pedazo de madera resistente, la tranca.
  2. 2
    No funcionar un mecanismo por haberse quedado pegada o apretada una de sus piezas.
  3. 3
    Cerrar con llave una puerta.
  4. 4
    Resistir.
  5. 5
    Paralizarse el juego de dominó por no haber más jugadas disponibles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La cerradura se ha trancado.

Synonyms

atrancaratascarse

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trancar"?
"trancar" is spelled T-R-A-N-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ].
What does "trancar" mean?
As a verb, "trancar" means: Asegurar una puerta o una ventana con un pedazo de madera resistente, la tranca.
How do you pronounce "trancar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trancar" is [t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trancar" come from?
"trancar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list