tropezarse
[t̪ɾopeˈsaɾse]
The verdict
“tropezarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,434 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,434
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Encontrarse por casualidad con alguien o algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tropezarse · tropezarse · Spanish
tropezarse · rank #84,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,434
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tríceps
Nearest frequency peer: tríceps (+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 “tropezarse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- transitaban
transitaban
15,571 corpus weight
- trapezoidal
trapezoidal
15,570 corpus weight
- traspasados
traspasados
15,569 corpus weight
- tropezarse
tropezarse
15,567 corpus weight
- tríceps
tríceps
15,566 corpus weight
- tumbando
tumbando
15,564 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tropezarse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tropezarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ɾopeˈsaɾse] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tropezarse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tropezarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,434 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪ɾopeˈsaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tropezarse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is tropezarse, spelled T-R-O-P-E-Z-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Encontrarse por casualidad con alguien o algo.
- 2Chocarse por accidente, especialmente al nivel los pies, con algo al caminar, a riesgo de caer.
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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