caracterizaban
[kaɾakt̪eɾiˈsaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“caracterizaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,193 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,193
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” 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 caracterizar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caracterizaban · caracterizaban · Spanish
caracterizaban · rank #69,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,193
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH carabelas
Nearest frequency peer: carabelas (-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 “caracterizaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cannot
cannot
30,812 corpus weight
- carabelas
carabelas
30,809 corpus weight
- caracteriza…
caracterizaban
30,808 corpus weight
- caraqueña
caraqueña
30,807 corpus weight
- carbone
carbone
30,806 corpus weight
- carezco
carezco
30,804 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “caracterizaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caracterizaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kaɾakt̪eɾiˈsaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caracterizaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caracterizaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,193 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kaɾakt̪eɾiˈsaβ̞ãn]. 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 caracterizar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caracterizaban, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is caracterizaban, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-I-Z-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de caracterizar.
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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