arrastraban
[arasˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“arrastraban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,298 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,298
- 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 arrastrar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arrastraban · arrastraban · Spanish
arrastraban · rank #68,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,298
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH armonizado
Nearest frequency peer: armonizado (-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 “arrastraban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- argumentaban
argumentaban
31,707 corpus weight
- armiño
armiño
31,705 corpus weight
- armonizado
armonizado
31,704 corpus weight
- arrastraban
arrastraban
31,703 corpus weight
- arrebatados
arrebatados
31,702 corpus weight
- ASAP
ASAP
31,700 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arrastraban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arrastraban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [arasˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arrastraban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arrastraban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,298 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [arasˈt̪ɾaβ̞ãn]. 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 arrastrar.".
arrastraban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is arrastraban, spelled A-R-R-A-S-T-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de arrastrar.
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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