acosaban
[akoˈsaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“acosaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,642 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,642
- 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 acosar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acosaban · acosaban · Spanish
acosaban · rank #80,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,642
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acorn
Nearest frequency peer: acorn (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “acosaban”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- acomodé
acomodé
19,361 corpus weight
- acorn
acorn
19,360 corpus weight
- acosaban
acosaban
19,359 corpus weight
- acotados
acotados
19,358 corpus weight
- acrecentado
acrecentado
19,357 corpus weight
- acrobat
acrobat
19,356 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acosaban” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acosaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akoˈsaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “acosaban” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
acosaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,642 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akoˈsaβ̞ãn]. 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 acosar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for acosaban, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 acosaban, spelled A-C-O-S-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acosar.
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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