argumentaban
[aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“argumentaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,294 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,294
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de argumentar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argumentaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “argumentaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
argumentaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,294 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 argumentar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for argumentaban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 argumentaban, spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de argumentar.
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 “argumentaban”
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-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aɾɣ̞umẽn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.