colaboraban
[kolaβ̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“colaboraban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,691 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,691
- 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 colaborar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-colaboraban · colaboraban · Spanish
colaboraban · rank #89,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,691
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH coincidiría
Nearest frequency peer: coincidiría (-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 “colaboraban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cohesionado
cohesionado
10,312 corpus weight
- coincidiría
coincidiría
10,311 corpus weight
- colaboraban
colaboraban
10,310 corpus weight
- complació
complació
10,305 corpus weight
- complementa…
complementadas
10,304 corpus weight
- completarán
completarán
10,303 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “colaboraban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colaboraban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kolaβ̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “colaboraban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
colaboraban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,691 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kolaβ̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn]. 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 colaborar.".
colaboraban has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is colaboraban, spelled C-O-L-A-B-O-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de colaborar.
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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