debutaba

[d̪eβ̞uˈt̪aβ̞a]

/[d̪eβ̞uˈt̪aβ̞a]/ verb

The verdict

“debutaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,876 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,876
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de debutar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-debutaba · debutaba · Spanish

debutaba · rank #81,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,876
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH decibelios

Nearest frequency peer: decibelios (+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 “debutaba”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “debutaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for debutaba
PropertyValue
Headworddebutaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eβ̞uˈt̪aβ̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,876
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “debutaba” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).debutabacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “decibelios” (#81,877), “decimosexta” (#81,878), “definiera” (#81,880). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “debutaba” va en #81,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

debutaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,876 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eβ̞uˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

debutaba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is debutaba, spelled D-E-B-U-T-A-B-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de debutar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de debutar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "debutaba"?
"debutaba" is spelled D-E-B-U-T-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eβ̞uˈt̪aβ̞a].
What does "debutaba" mean?
As a verb, "debutaba" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de debutar.
How do you pronounce "debutaba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "debutaba" is [d̪eβ̞uˈt̪aβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "debutaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list