abarcaban
[aβ̞aɾˈkaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“abarcaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,070 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,070
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de abarcar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-abarcaban · abarcaban · Spanish
abarcaban · rank #75,070 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,070
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Abram
Nearest frequency peer: Abram (+3 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 “abarcaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- abarcaban
abarcaban
24,931 corpus weight
- Abram
Abram
24,928 corpus weight
- absolute
absolute
24,927 corpus weight
- acabáis
acabáis
24,926 corpus weight
- accedes
accedes
24,925 corpus weight
- achiote
achiote
24,924 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “abarcaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abarcaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞aɾˈkaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “abarcaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
abarcaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,070 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞aɾˈkaβ̞ãn]. 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 abarcar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abarcaban, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is abarcaban, spelled A-B-A-R-C-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de abarcar.
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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