chocaban
[t͡ʃoˈkaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“chocaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,797 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,797
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de chocar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chocaban · chocaban · Spanish
chocaban · rank #81,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,797
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH chuchos
Nearest frequency peer: chuchos (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “chocaban”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- chapada
chapada
18,209 corpus weight
- chapulines
chapulines
18,208 corpus weight
- chocaban
chocaban
18,204 corpus weight
- chuchos
chuchos
18,203 corpus weight
- chuecos
chuecos
18,202 corpus weight
- clasicista
clasicista
18,200 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chocaban” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chocaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡ʃoˈkaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chocaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chocaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,797 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡ʃoˈkaβ̞ãn]. 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 chocar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chocaban, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. 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.
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 chocaban, spelled C-H-O-C-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de chocar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chocaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.