abandonaban
[aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“abandonaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,475 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,475
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de abandonar o de abandonarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abandonaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abandonaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
abandonaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,475 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de abandonar o de abandonarse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for abandonaban in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 abandonaban, spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de abandonar o de abandonarse.
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 “abandonaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-A-N-D-O-N-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnaβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.