atrevían
[at̪ɾeˈβ̞iãn]
The verdict
“atrevían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,159 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,159
- 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 atrever o de atreverse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atrevian · atrevían · Spanish
atrevían · rank #75,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,159
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH atreverían
Nearest frequency peer: atreverían (-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 “atrevían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- atestiguado
atestiguado
24,846 corpus weight
- atormentados
atormentados
24,844 corpus weight
- atreverían
atreverían
24,843 corpus weight
- atrevían
atrevían
24,842 corpus weight
- atrincherad…
atrincherados
24,841 corpus weight
- aurícula
aurícula
24,839 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “atrevían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atrevían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪ɾeˈβ̞iãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “atrevían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
atrevían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,159 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪ɾeˈβ̞iãn]. 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 atrever o de atreverse.".
atrevían has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 atrevían, spelled A-T-R-E-V-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de atrever o de atreverse.
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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