alaben
[aˈlaβ̞ẽn]
The verdict
“alaben” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,096 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,096
- 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 presente de subjuntivo de alabar o de alabarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alaben · alaben · Spanish
alaben · rank #75,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,096
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alababa
Nearest frequency peer: alababa (-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 “alaben”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aguantará
aguantará
24,908 corpus weight
- aislación
aislación
24,907 corpus weight
- alababa
alababa
24,906 corpus weight
- alaben
alaben
24,905 corpus weight
- Albertina
Albertina
24,903 corpus weight
- Aleixandre
Aleixandre
24,901 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alaben” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alaben |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈlaβ̞ẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alaben” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alaben is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,096 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈlaβ̞ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alaben, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is alaben, spelled A-L-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de alabar o de alabarse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de alabar o del imperativo negativo de alabarse.
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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