alternaban
[al̪t̪eɾˈnaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“alternaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,526 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,526
- 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 alternar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alternaban · alternaban · Spanish
alternaban · rank #89,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,526
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alternaba
Nearest frequency peer: alternaba (-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 “alternaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aliena
aliena
10,480 corpus weight
- alpargata
alpargata
10,477 corpus weight
- alternaba
alternaba
10,476 corpus weight
- alternaban
alternaban
10,475 corpus weight
- alumbrados
alumbrados
10,473 corpus weight
- amanecía
amanecía
10,471 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alternaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alternaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [al̪t̪eɾˈnaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alternaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alternaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,526 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [al̪t̪eɾˈnaβ̞ãn]. 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 alternar.".
alternaban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is alternaban, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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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