demoraba
[d̪emoˈɾaβ̞a]
The verdict
“demoraba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,656 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,656
- 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 demorar o de demorarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-demoraba · demoraba · Spanish
demoraba · rank #72,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,656
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deleitarse
Nearest frequency peer: deleitarse (-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 “demoraba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dedicarán
dedicarán
27,348 corpus weight
- dediquemos
dediquemos
27,347 corpus weight
- deleitarse
deleitarse
27,346 corpus weight
- demoraba
demoraba
27,345 corpus weight
- denigran
denigran
27,343 corpus weight
- denominará
denominará
27,342 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “demoraba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demoraba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪emoˈɾaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “demoraba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
demoraba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,656 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪emoˈɾaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for demoraba 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.
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 demoraba, spelled D-E-M-O-R-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de demorar o de demorarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de demorar o de demorarse.
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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