contemplaban
[kõn̪t̪ẽmˈplaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“contemplaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,832 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,832
- 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 contemplar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contemplaban · contemplaban · Spanish
contemplaban · rank #80,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,832
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH constataron
Nearest frequency peer: constataron (-2 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 “contemplaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- conociéramos
conociéramos
19,174 corpus weight
- consolando
consolando
19,173 corpus weight
- consomé
consomé
19,172 corpus weight
- constataron
constataron
19,171 corpus weight
- contemplaban
contemplaban
19,169 corpus weight
- contribuían
contribuían
19,166 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contemplaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contemplaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ẽmˈplaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contemplaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contemplaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,832 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ẽmˈplaβ̞ãn]. 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 contemplar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contemplaban, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is contemplaban, spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de contemplar.
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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