cuestionaban
[kwest̪joˈnaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“cuestionaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,128 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,128
- 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 cuestionar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuestionaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kwest̪joˈnaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #77,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuestionaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuestionaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,128 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kwest̪joˈnaβ̞ãn]. 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 cuestionar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cuestionaban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cuestionaban, spelled C-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de cuestionar.
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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Using “cuestionaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kwest̪joˈnaβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.