agarraban
[aɣ̞aˈraβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“agarraban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,257 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,257
- 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 agarrar o de agarrarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-agarraban · agarraban · Spanish
agarraban · rank #68,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,257
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aforismo
Nearest frequency peer: aforismo (-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 “agarraban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- afianzando
afianzando
31,749 corpus weight
- aforismo
aforismo
31,745 corpus weight
- agarraban
agarraban
31,744 corpus weight
- agnosticismo
agnosticismo
31,742 corpus weight
- agobiados
agobiados
31,741 corpus weight
- agraviada
agraviada
31,740 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “agarraban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agarraban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aɣ̞aˈraβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “agarraban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
agarraban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,257 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aɣ̞aˈraβ̞ãn]. 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 agarrar o de agarrarse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for agarraban, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is agarraban, spelled A-G-A-R-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de agarrar o de agarrarse.
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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