apretaban
[apɾeˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“apretaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,595 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,595
- 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 apretar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apretaban · apretaban · Spanish
apretaban · rank #90,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,595
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aprovechables
Nearest frequency peer: aprovechables (+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 “apretaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- anulaba
anulaba
9,411 corpus weight
- apeadero
apeadero
9,410 corpus weight
- Apia
Apia
9,409 corpus weight
- apretaban
apretaban
9,406 corpus weight
- aprovechabl…
aprovechables
9,405 corpus weight
- aproximaban
aproximaban
9,404 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apretaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apretaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apɾeˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apretaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apretaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,595 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apɾeˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 apretar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apretaban, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is apretaban, spelled A-P-R-E-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de apretar.
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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