derivaba
[d̪eɾiˈβ̞aβ̞a]
The verdict
“derivaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,664 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,664
- 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 derivar o de derivarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-derivaba · derivaba · Spanish
derivaba · rank #72,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,664
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deprimo
Nearest frequency peer: deprimo (-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 “derivaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dependes
dependes
27,340 corpus weight
- deportivame…
deportivamente
27,339 corpus weight
- deprimo
deprimo
27,338 corpus weight
- derivaba
derivaba
27,337 corpus weight
- derogadas
derogadas
27,336 corpus weight
- derribe
derribe
27,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “derivaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | derivaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eɾiˈβ̞aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “derivaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
derivaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,664 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eɾiˈβ̞aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
derivaba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is derivaba, spelled D-E-R-I-V-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de derivar o de derivarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de derivar o de derivarse.
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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