untar
[ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“untar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,919 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,919
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner y extender en una superficie alguna sustancia pastosa, grasosa, viscosa o húmeda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-untar · untar · Spanish
untar · rank #53,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,919
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH unción
Nearest frequency peer: unción (-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 “untar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ucranianas
ucranianas
46,084 corpus weight
- unción
unción
46,083 corpus weight
- untar
untar
46,082 corpus weight
- vacacionar
vacacionar
46,081 corpus weight
- vacilando
vacilando
46,080 corpus weight
- Vanuatu
Vanuatu
46,079 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “untar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | untar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “untar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
untar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,919 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for untar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is untar, spelled U-N-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner y extender en una superficie alguna sustancia pastosa, grasosa, viscosa o húmeda.
- 2Sobornar.
- 3Introducir a alguien en un robo u otro proceso delictivo.
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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