visitar

/[bisiˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,587

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

visitar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ir a ver a uno en su casa por cortesanía, atención, amistad o cualquier otro motivo. Pronounced [bisiˈt̪aɾ]. It ranks #2,587 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with vista and vistas.

Key facts for visitar
PropertyValue
Headwordvisitar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bisiˈt̪aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,587
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of visitar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for visitar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bisiˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,587 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for visitar, with forms such as "bisitar", "ivsitar", and "vicitar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "vista", "vistas", "visité", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is visitar, spelled V-I-S-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ir a ver a uno en su casa por cortesanía, atención, amistad o cualquier otro motivo.
  2. 2
    Ir a un templo o santuario por devoción, o para ganar indulgencias.
  3. 3
    Informarse el juez superior, u otra autoridad, personalmente o por medio de alguno que envía en su nombre, del proceder de los ministros inferiores o empleados, y del estado de las causas y asuntos del servicio en los distritos de su jurisdicción.
  4. 4
    Ir el médico a casa del enfermo para asistirle.
  5. 5
    Registrar en las aduanas o puertas, o en otra parte destinada a este efecto, los géneros o mercaderías, para el pago de los derechos o para ver si son de lícito comercio.
  6. 6
    Examinar los oficios públicos, y en ellos los instrumentos o géneros que respectivamente tocan a cada uno, para ver si están fieles o según ley u ordenanza.
  7. 7
    Reconocer en las cárceles los presos y las prisiones en orden a su seguridad.
  8. 8
    Examinar el juez eclesiástico a las personas en orden al cumplimiento de sus obligaciones cristianas y eclesiásticas, y reconocer las iglesias, obras pías y bienes eclesiásticos, para ver si están y se mantienen en el orden y disposición que deben tener.
  9. 9
    Informarse personalmente de una cosa.
  10. 10
    Acudir con frecuencia a un paraje con objeto determinado.
  11. 11
    Ir un juez o tribunal a la cárcel para enterarse del estado de los presos y recibir sus reclamaciones.
  12. 12
    Enviar Dios a los hombres algún especial consuelo o trabajo para su mayor merecimiento, o para que se reconozcan.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bisitar,ivsitar,vicitar,viistar,visiatr,visitarr,visitra,visittar,vissitar,vistiar,vsiitar,vvisitar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for visitar

Misspelling Variants of "visitar"

bisitar7ivsitar7vicitar7viistar7visiatr7visitarr8visitra7visittar8
Misspelling Variants of "visitar"

Frequency rank: #2,587 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "visitar"?
"visitar" is spelled V-I-S-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bisiˈt̪aɾ].
What does "visitar" mean?
As a verb, "visitar" means: Ir a ver a uno en su casa por cortesanía, atención, amistad o cualquier otro motivo.
What words are commonly confused with "visitar"?
"visitar" is commonly confused with "vista", "vistas", "visité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "visitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "visitar" is [bisiˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "visitar" come from?
"visitar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.