apestaba
[apesˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“apestaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,753 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,753
- 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 apestar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apestaba · apestaba · Spanish
apestaba · rank #79,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,753
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apercibimiento
Nearest frequency peer: apercibimiento (-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 “apestaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- antílopes
antílopes
20,251 corpus weight
- anárquica
anárquica
20,250 corpus weight
- apercibimie…
apercibimiento
20,249 corpus weight
- apestaba
apestaba
20,248 corpus weight
- aplanadora
aplanadora
20,247 corpus weight
- apostaban
apostaban
20,246 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apestaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apestaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apesˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apestaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apestaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,753 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apesˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for apestaba in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is apestaba, spelled A-P-E-S-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de apestar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de apestar.
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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