arrancaba
[arãŋˈkaβ̞a]
The verdict
“arrancaba” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,408
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de arrancar o de arrancarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arrancaba · arrancaba · Spanish
arrancaba · rank #36,408 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,408
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ardid
Nearest frequency peer: ardid (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “arrancaba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- arbitrarios
arbitrarios
63,596 corpus weight
- arbolito
arbolito
63,595 corpus weight
- ardid
ardid
63,594 corpus weight
- arrancaba
arrancaba
63,593 corpus weight
- articulada
articulada
63,592 corpus weight
- asquerosas
asquerosas
63,589 corpus weight
What this shows “arrancaba” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | arrancaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [arãŋˈkaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “arrancaba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around arrancaba (IPA [arãŋˈkaβ̞a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,408 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrancaba, with forms such as "arancaba", "ararncaba", and "arracnaba". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "arrancar", "arrancan", "arrancado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is arrancaba, spelled A-R-R-A-N-C-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de arrancar o de arrancarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de arrancar o de arrancarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arancaba
- ararncaba
- arracnaba
- arranacba
- arrancaab
- arrancabba
- arrancava
- arrancbaa
- arranccaba
- arranncaba
- arrnacaba
- rarancaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrancaba - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).