argumentaba
[aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“argumentaba” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #42,818 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #42,818
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de argumentar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argumentaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #42,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “argumentaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for argumentaba is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,818 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for argumentaba, with forms such as "agrumentaba", "arggumentaba", and "argmuentaba". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "aumentaba", "argumentar", "argumentan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is argumentaba, spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de argumentar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de argumentar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: agrumentaba,arggumentaba,argmuentaba,arguemntaba,argumenatba,argumenntaba,argumentaab,argumentabba,argumentava,argumentbaa,argumenttaba,argumetnaba,argummentaba,argumnetaba,arrgumentaba,arugmentaba,ragumentaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of argumentaba - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “argumentaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aumentaba” - see the side-by-side comparison. argumentaba vs aumentaba
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.