urbanizar

/[uɾβ̞aniˈsaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#63,484

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

urbanizar is aSpanishverb. It means: Construir lo necesario para que una zona tenga las condiciones típicas de una ciudad (calles pavimentadas, iluminación pública, acceso a servicios de electricidad y alcantarillado, etc.). Pronounced [uɾβ̞aniˈsaɾ].

Key facts for urbanizar
PropertyValue
Headwordurbanizar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[uɾβ̞aniˈsaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,484
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for urbanizar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [uɾβ̞aniˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,484 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for urbanizar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 urbanizar, spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-Z-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construir lo necesario para que una zona tenga las condiciones típicas de una ciudad (calles pavimentadas, iluminación pública, acceso a servicios de electricidad y alcantarillado, etc.).
  2. 2
    Educar o instruir a alguien para que adopte las normas de urbanidad, cortesía, buenos modales o sociabilidad.
  3. 3
    Inducir a que se adopte un modo de vida típico de las ciudades.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #63,484 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "urbanizar"?
"urbanizar" is spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [uɾβ̞aniˈsaɾ].
What does "urbanizar" mean?
As a verb, "urbanizar" means: Construir lo necesario para que una zona tenga las condiciones típicas de una ciudad (calles pavimentadas, iluminación pública, acceso a servicios de electricidad y alcantarillado, etc.).
How do you pronounce "urbanizar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urbanizar" is [uɾβ̞aniˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urbanizar" come from?
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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.