alternaba
[al̪t̪eɾˈnaβ̞a]
The verdict
“alternaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,525 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,525
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alternar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alternaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [al̪t̪eɾˈnaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alternaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alternaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,525 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [al̪t̪eɾˈnaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for alternaba in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 alternaba, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alternar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alternar.
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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Using “alternaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-T-E-R-N-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [al̪t̪eɾˈnaβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.