virar
[biˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“virar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,300 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,300
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cambiar un vehículo su dirección, girar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-virar · virar · Spanish
virar · rank #51,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,300
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH Veraguas
Nearest frequency peer: Veraguas (-4 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 “virar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Venice
Venice
48,707 corpus weight
- venirme
venirme
48,706 corpus weight
- Veraguas
Veraguas
48,705 corpus weight
- virar
virar
48,701 corpus weight
- volume
volume
48,697 corpus weight
- warp
warp
48,696 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “virar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | virar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [biˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “virar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
virar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,300 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [biˈɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for virar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is virar, spelled V-I-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Cambiar un vehículo su dirección, girar.
- 2Cambiar de rumbo o de bordada, pasando de una amura a otra, de modo que el viento que daba al buque por un costado le dé por el opuesto.
- 3Virar por avante.
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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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