vacunar

[bakuˈnaɾ]

/[bakuˈnaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“vacunar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,353. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,353
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inocular con el virus CPXV, causante de la viruela bovina, para inmunizar contra la viruela.

Corpus desk

Index ES-vacunar · vacunar · Spanish

vacunar · rank #36,353 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,353
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH utilicé

Nearest frequency peer: utilicé (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “vacunar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “vacunar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vacunar vs vacuno
71% similar
vacunar vs vicuña
57% similar
vacunar vs vacunas
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vacunar
PropertyValue
Headwordvacunar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bakuˈnaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,353
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “vacunar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).vacunarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “utilicé” (#36,352), “valientemente” (#36,354), “valore” (#36,355). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “vacunar” va en #36,353. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around vacunar (IPA [bakuˈnaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,353 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacunar, with forms such as "avcunar", "bacunar", and "vaccunar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "vacuno", "vicuña", "vacunas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is vacunar, spelled V-A-C-U-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inocular con el virus CPXV, causante de la viruela bovina, para inmunizar contra la viruela.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, inocular con un antígeno cualquiera para desarrollar inmunidad a un agente patógeno.
  3. 3
    Por analogía, someter a alguno a una experiencia penosa o ardua para prepararlo ante dificultades futuras.
  4. 4
    Apoderarse del dinero o bienes de una persona mediante engaño.
  5. 5
    Mantener relaciones sexuales.
  6. 6
    Derrotar contundentemente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. —Aún no ha vuelto de ver a sus enfermos —respondió la tía María—. Hoy iba a vacunar más de doce niños. ¡Tales cosas, don Modesto! Sacó el pus, como dice su merced, de la teta de la vaca. ¡Qué las vacas tengan un contraveneno para las viruelas!
  2. Debido á esta iniciativa y á los tristes desengaños de la terrible enfermedad, ya el público busca con ansiedad el medio de vacunarse y revacunarse, cosa que ántes no sucedía.

This word in other languages

vaccinate(English)vacciner(Français)impfen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avcunar
  • bacunar
  • vaccunar
  • vacnuar
  • vacuanr
  • vacunarr
  • vacunnar
  • vacunra
  • vaucnar
  • vcaunar
  • vvacunar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vacunar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

avcunar2bacunar1vaccunar1vacnuar2vacuanr2vacunarr1vacunnar1vacunra2
Edit distance from "vacunar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vacunar"?
"vacunar" is spelled V-A-C-U-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bakuˈnaɾ].
What does "vacunar" mean?
As a verb, "vacunar" means: Inocular con el virus CPXV, causante de la viruela bovina, para inmunizar contra la viruela.
What words are commonly confused with "vacunar"?
"vacunar" is commonly confused with "vacuno", "vicuña", "vacunas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vacunar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vacunar" is [bakuˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vacunar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

utilicé#36,352ventral#36,360turbios#36,342viajera#36,364

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

yéndose11 variantsabrupto11 variantstomarían11 variantsaclamada11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list