velará

[belaˈɾa]

/[belaˈɾa]/ verb

The verdict

“velará” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,779 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,779
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de velar o de velarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-velara · velará · Spanish

velará · rank #77,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,779
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH vanadio

Nearest frequency peer: vanadio (-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 “velará”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “velará” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for velará
PropertyValue
Headwordvelará
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[belaˈɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,779
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “velará” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.velarácae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “vanadio” (#77,778), “vencerán” (#77,780), “valorará” (#77,777). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “velará” va en #77,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

velará is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,779 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [belaˈɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de velar o de velarse.".

Zero misspellings are on record for velará in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is velará, spelled V-E-L-A-R-Á.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de velar o de velarse.

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 "velará"?
"velará" is spelled V-E-L-A-R-Á. The IPA pronunciation is [belaˈɾa].
What does "velará" mean?
As a verb, "velará" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de velar o de velarse.
How do you pronounce "velará"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "velará" is [belaˈɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "velará" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list