aprobaban
[apɾoˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“aprobaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,867 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,867
- 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 aprobar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-aprobaban · aprobaban · Spanish
aprobaban · rank #65,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,867
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arcediano
Nearest frequency peer: arcediano (+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 “aprobaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- anillas
anillas
34,140 corpus weight
- aparearse
aparearse
34,137 corpus weight
- aprobaban
aprobaban
34,134 corpus weight
- arcediano
arcediano
34,133 corpus weight
- Arizpe
Arizpe
34,131 corpus weight
- arpón
arpón
34,129 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aprobaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aprobaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apɾoˈβ̞aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “aprobaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
aprobaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,867 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apɾoˈβ̞aβ̞ãn]. 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 aprobar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for aprobaban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is aprobaban, spelled A-P-R-O-B-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de aprobar.
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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