viciar
[biˈsjaɾ]
The verdict
“viciar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,930 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,930
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corromper, pervertir, dañar o destruir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-viciar · viciar · Spanish
viciar · rank #53,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,930
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH viciada
Nearest frequency peer: viciada (-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 “viciar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- verificacio…
verificaciones
46,075 corpus weight
- vers
vers
46,074 corpus weight
- viandas
viandas
46,073 corpus weight
- viciada
viciada
46,072 corpus weight
- viciar
viciar
46,071 corpus weight
- Victorio
Victorio
46,069 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “viciar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viciar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [biˈsjaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “viciar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
viciar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,930 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [biˈsjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for viciar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is viciar, spelled V-I-C-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Corromper, pervertir, dañar o destruir.
- 2Falsear o adulterar los géneros, o no suministrarlos conforme a su debida ley, o mezclarlos con otros de inferior calidad.
- 3Falsificar un escrito, introduciendo, quitando o enmendando alguna palabra, frase o cláusula.
- 4Anular o quitar el valor o validación de un acto.
- 5Torcer el sentido de una proposición, explicándola o entendiéndola siniestramente.
- 6Hacer adquirir un vicio o un mal hábito.
- 7Variante de enviciarse.
- 8Abonar las tierras de labranza.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viciar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El dolo con que se otorgó vicia este contrato.
Viciar con la play.
Synonyms
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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