culminaba
[kulmiˈnaβ̞a]
The verdict
“culminaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,233 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,233
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de culminar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-culminaba · culminaba · Spanish
culminaba · rank #97,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,233
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cuidándose
Nearest frequency peer: cuidándose (-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 “culminaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cuaternaria
cuaternaria
2,773 corpus weight
- cuelas
cuelas
2,772 corpus weight
- cuestioné
cuestioné
2,771 corpus weight
- cuidándose
cuidándose
2,770 corpus weight
- culminaba
culminaba
2,768 corpus weight
- curta
curta
2,764 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “culminaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | culminaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kulmiˈnaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “culminaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
culminaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,233 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kulmiˈnaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for culminaba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is culminaba, spelled C-U-L-M-I-N-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de culminar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de culminar.
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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