alistan
[aˈlist̪ãn]
The verdict
“alistan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,593 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,593
- 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 indicativo de alistar o de alistarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alistan · alistan · Spanish
alistan · rank #71,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,593
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alejaría
Nearest frequency peer: alejaría (-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 “alistan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aisladamente
aisladamente
28,414 corpus weight
- alcancemos
alcancemos
28,410 corpus weight
- alejaría
alejaría
28,409 corpus weight
- alistan
alistan
28,408 corpus weight
- amigablemen…
amigablemente
28,403 corpus weight
- amplificado
amplificado
28,402 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alistan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alistan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aˈlist̪ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alistan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alistan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,593 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aˈlist̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alistar o de alistarse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alistan, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alistan, spelled A-L-I-S-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alistar o de alistarse.
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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