vacunar
[bakuˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“vacunar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #36,353 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #36,353
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inocular con el virus CPXV, causante de la viruela bovina, para inmunizar contra la viruela.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacunar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bakuˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vacunar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vacunar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bakuˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,353 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Inocular con el virus CPXV, causante de la viruela bovina, para inmunizar contra la viruela.
- 2Por extensión, inocular con un antígeno cualquiera para desarrollar inmunidad a un agente patógeno.
- 3Por analogía, someter a alguno a una experiencia penosa o ardua para prepararlo ante dificultades futuras.
- 4Apoderarse del dinero o bienes de una persona mediante engaño.
- 5Mantener relaciones sexuales.
- 6Derrotar contundentemente.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “vacunar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-A-C-U-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bakuˈnaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vacuno” - see the side-by-side comparison. vacunar vs vacuno
- 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.