alegaban
[aleˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“alegaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,263 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,263
- 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 alegar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alegaban · alegaban · Spanish
alegaban · rank #68,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,263
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aladas
Nearest frequency peer: aladas (-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 “alegaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agobiados
agobiados
31,741 corpus weight
- agraviada
agraviada
31,740 corpus weight
- aladas
aladas
31,739 corpus weight
- alegaban
alegaban
31,738 corpus weight
- alentadoras
alentadoras
31,737 corpus weight
- alojaban
alojaban
31,736 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alegaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alegaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aleˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alegaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alegaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,263 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aleˈɣ̞aβ̞ãn]. 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 alegar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alegaban, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alegaban, spelled A-L-E-G-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alegar.
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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