adelantaba
[að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“adelantaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,095 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,095
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de adelantar o de adelantarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adelantaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adelantaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
adelantaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,095 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for adelantaba in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is adelantaba, spelled A-D-E-L-A-N-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de adelantar o de adelantarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de adelantar o de adelantarse.
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 “adelantaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-E-L-A-N-T-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.