acostumbraban
[akost̪ũmˈbɾaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“acostumbraban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,629 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,629
- 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 acostumbrar o de acostumbrarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-acostumbraban · acostumbraban · Spanish
acostumbraban · rank #66,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,629
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH acortado
Nearest frequency peer: acortado (-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 “acostumbraban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- accedí
accedí
33,376 corpus weight
- acebo
acebo
33,375 corpus weight
- acortado
acortado
33,373 corpus weight
- acostumbrab…
acostumbraban
33,372 corpus weight
- adaptamos
adaptamos
33,370 corpus weight
- adaptativo
adaptativo
33,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “acostumbraban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acostumbraban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [akost̪ũmˈbɾaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “acostumbraban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
acostumbraban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,629 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [akost̪ũmˈbɾaβ̞ãn]. 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 acostumbrar o de acostumbrarse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for acostumbraban in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is acostumbraban, spelled A-C-O-S-T-U-M-B-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de acostumbrar o de acostumbrarse.
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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