alentaba
[alẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“alentaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,658 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,658
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alentar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alentaba · alentaba · Spanish
alentaba · rank #54,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,658
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ahogaba
Nearest frequency peer: ahogaba (-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 “alentaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agradezca
agradezca
45,346 corpus weight
- aguinaldos
aguinaldos
45,345 corpus weight
- ahogaba
ahogaba
45,344 corpus weight
- alentaba
alentaba
45,343 corpus weight
- alimentaban
alimentaban
45,342 corpus weight
- aller
aller
45,341 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alentaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alentaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alentaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alentaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,658 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [alẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for alentaba in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is alentaba, spelled A-L-E-N-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alentar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alentar.
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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