atendían
[at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iãn]
The verdict
“atendían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,393 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,393
- 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 atender.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atendian · atendían · Spanish
atendían · rank #51,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,393
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atenuación
Nearest frequency peer: atenuación (+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 “atendían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- asediada
asediada
48,615 corpus weight
- asueto
asueto
48,611 corpus weight
- atendían
atendían
48,608 corpus weight
- atenuación
atenuación
48,607 corpus weight
- Auguste
Auguste
48,605 corpus weight
- avalados
avalados
48,602 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “atendían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atendían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “atendían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
atendían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,393 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪iãn]. 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 atender.".
Zero misspellings are on record for atendían in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is atendían, spelled A-T-E-N-D-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de atender.
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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