borraba
[boˈraβ̞a]
The verdict
“borraba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,526 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,526
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de borrar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-borraba · borraba · Spanish
borraba · rank #67,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,526
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Bordaberry
Nearest frequency peer: Bordaberry (-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 “borraba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- blitz
blitz
32,481 corpus weight
- Boix
Boix
32,479 corpus weight
- Bordaberry
Bordaberry
32,476 corpus weight
- borraba
borraba
32,475 corpus weight
- Botswana
Botswana
32,474 corpus weight
- Braganza
Braganza
32,472 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “borraba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borraba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [boˈraβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “borraba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
borraba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,526 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [boˈraβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
borraba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is borraba, spelled B-O-R-R-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de borrar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de borrar.
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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