aplicaban
[apliˈkaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“aplicaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,374 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,374
- 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 aplicar o de aplicarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aplicaban · aplicaban · Spanish
aplicaban · rank #51,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,374
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apegada
Nearest frequency peer: apegada (-2 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 “aplicaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aparcamient…
aparcamientos
48,631 corpus weight
- apasionan
apasionan
48,630 corpus weight
- apegada
apegada
48,629 corpus weight
- aplicaban
aplicaban
48,627 corpus weight
- aprisa
aprisa
48,625 corpus weight
- aproximándo…
aproximándose
48,624 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aplicaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aplicaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apliˈkaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aplicaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aplicaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,374 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apliˈkaβ̞ãn]. 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 aplicar o de aplicarse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aplicaban, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is aplicaban, spelled A-P-L-I-C-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de aplicar o de aplicarse.
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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