cuestionaban
[kwest̪joˈnaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“cuestionaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,128 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,128
- 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 cuestionar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cuestionaban · cuestionaban · Spanish
cuestionaban · rank #77,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,128
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cuelgas
Nearest frequency peer: cuelgas (-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 “cuestionaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- croqueta
croqueta
22,878 corpus weight
- cruzaría
cruzaría
22,877 corpus weight
- cuaja
cuaja
22,875 corpus weight
- cuelgas
cuelgas
22,874 corpus weight
- cuestionaban
cuestionaban
22,873 corpus weight
- cuidadosas
cuidadosas
22,872 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cuestionaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “cuestionaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cuestionaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,128 among 8,288 “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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