alimentaban
[alimẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“alimentaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,659 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,659
- 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 alimentar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alimentaban · alimentaban · Spanish
alimentaban · rank #54,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,659
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alentaba
Nearest frequency peer: alentaba (-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 “alimentaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- 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
- amaron
amaron
45,339 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alimentaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alimentaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alimẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alimentaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alimentaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,659 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [alimẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 alimentar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for alimentaban in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is alimentaban, spelled A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alimentar.
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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