aguardaban
[aɣ̞waɾˈð̞aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“aguardaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,581 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,581
- 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 aguardar o de aguardarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aguardaban · aguardaban · Spanish
aguardaban · rank #71,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,581
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH agravados
Nearest frequency peer: agravados (-2 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 “aguardaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- afectuosos
afectuosos
28,425 corpus weight
- agravados
agravados
28,422 corpus weight
- aguardaban
aguardaban
28,420 corpus weight
- ahorristas
ahorristas
28,418 corpus weight
- aie
aie
28,417 corpus weight
- Aira
Aira
28,415 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aguardaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aguardaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aɣ̞waɾˈð̞aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aguardaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aguardaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,581 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aɣ̞waɾˈð̞aβ̞ãn]. 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 aguardar o de aguardarse.".
aguardaban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is aguardaban, spelled A-G-U-A-R-D-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de aguardar o de aguardarse.
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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