arrancaban
[arãŋˈkaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“arrancaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,257 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,257
- 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 arrancar o de arrancarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arrancaban · arrancaban · Spanish
arrancaban · rank #74,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,257
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arpillera
Nearest frequency peer: arpillera (-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 “arrancaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- argumentati…
argumentativa
25,749 corpus weight
- arpillera
arpillera
25,745 corpus weight
- arrancaban
arrancaban
25,744 corpus weight
- arrepentirán
arrepentirán
25,743 corpus weight
- ascetismo
ascetismo
25,740 corpus weight
- asesoran
asesoran
25,739 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arrancaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrancaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [arãŋˈkaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arrancaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arrancaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,257 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [arãŋˈkaβ̞ãn]. 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 arrancar o de arrancarse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arrancaban, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is arrancaban, spelled A-R-R-A-N-C-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de arrancar o de arrancarse.
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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