abstengan
[aβ̞sˈt̪ẽŋgãn]
The verdict
“abstengan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,479 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,479
- 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 presente de subjuntivo de abstener o de abstenerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-abstengan · abstengan · Spanish
abstengan · rank #60,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,479
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH abedul
Nearest frequency peer: abedul (-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 “abstengan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- abandonaban
abandonaban
39,526 corpus weight
- abarrotada
abarrotada
39,525 corpus weight
- abedul
abedul
39,523 corpus weight
- abstengan
abstengan
39,522 corpus weight
- acabaste
acabaste
39,520 corpus weight
- acomplejado
acomplejado
39,517 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “abstengan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abstengan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aβ̞sˈt̪ẽŋgãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “abstengan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
abstengan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,479 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aβ̞sˈt̪ẽŋgãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
abstengan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is abstengan, spelled A-B-S-T-E-N-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de abstener o de abstenerse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de abstener o del imperativo negativo de abstenerse.
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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