urgir

[uɾˈxiɾ]

/[uɾˈxiɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“urgir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una acción: instar o precisar su pronta ejecución o remedio.

Key facts for urgir
PropertyValue
Headwordurgir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[uɾˈxiɾ]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “urgir” sits in Spanish frequency

urgir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urgir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [uɾˈxiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for urgir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is urgir, spelled U-R-G-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de una acción: instar o precisar su pronta ejecución o remedio.
  2. 2
    Dícese de la ley o de un precepto: Ser obligatoria con mandamiento de autoridad.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "urgir"?
"urgir" is spelled U-R-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [uɾˈxiɾ].
What does "urgir" mean?
As a verb, "urgir" means: Dicho de una acción: instar o precisar su pronta ejecución o remedio.
How do you pronounce "urgir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urgir" is [uɾˈxiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urgir" come from?
"urgir" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “urgir”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is U-R-G-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [uɾˈxiɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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