atraían
[at̪ɾaˈiãn]
The verdict
“atraían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,383 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,383
- 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 atraer o de atraerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atraian · atraían · Spanish
atraían · rank #64,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,383
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atinado
Nearest frequency peer: atinado (-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 “atraían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Athens
Athens
35,621 corpus weight
- atina
atina
35,620 corpus weight
- atinado
atinado
35,619 corpus weight
- atraían
atraían
35,618 corpus weight
- atrincherado
atrincherado
35,617 corpus weight
- Aubry
Aubry
35,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “atraían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atraían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪ɾaˈiãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “atraían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
atraían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,383 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪ɾaˈiãn]. 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 atraer o de atraerse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for atraían, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 atraían, spelled A-T-R-A-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de atraer o de atraerse.
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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