añoraba
[aɲoˈɾaβ̞a]
The verdict
“añoraba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,711 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,711
- 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 añorar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-anoraba · añoraba · Spanish
añoraba · rank #92,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,711
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH awkward
Nearest frequency peer: awkward (-3 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 “añoraba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- avistaron
avistaron
7,295 corpus weight
- awkward
awkward
7,293 corpus weight
- añoraba
añoraba
7,290 corpus weight
- barangay
barangay
7,287 corpus weight
- bare
bare
7,286 corpus weight
- Bayón
Bayón
7,284 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “añoraba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | añoraba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aɲoˈɾaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “añoraba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
añoraba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,711 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aɲoˈɾaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
añoraba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 añoraba, spelled A-Ñ-O-R-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de añorar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de añorar.
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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