comprendían
[kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪iãn]
The verdict
“comprendían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,436 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,436
- 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 comprender.
Corpus desk
Index ES-comprendian · comprendían · Spanish
comprendían · rank #53,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,436
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH comprueben
Nearest frequency peer: comprueben (+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 “comprendían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- compartíamos
compartíamos
46,569 corpus weight
- competidoras
competidoras
46,568 corpus weight
- complementa…
complementada
46,567 corpus weight
- comprendían
comprendían
46,565 corpus weight
- comprueben
comprueben
46,564 corpus weight
- comunicadas
comunicadas
46,563 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “comprendían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comprendían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪iãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “comprendían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
comprendían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,436 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪iãn]. 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 comprender.".
No misspelling variants are generated for comprendían in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is comprendían, spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-N-D-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de comprender.
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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