descansaban
[d̪eskãnˈsaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“descansaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,055 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,055
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” 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 descansar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-descansaban · descansaban · Spanish
descansaban · rank #79,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,055
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desatino
Nearest frequency peer: desatino (-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 “descansaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desaloja
desaloja
20,949 corpus weight
- desatino
desatino
20,947 corpus weight
- descansaban
descansaban
20,946 corpus weight
- descansarem…
descansaremos
20,945 corpus weight
- descompuest…
descompuestos
20,944 corpus weight
- descubramos
descubramos
20,943 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “descansaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descansaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eskãnˈsaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “descansaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
descansaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,055 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eskãnˈsaβ̞ãn]. 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 descansar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for descansaban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is descansaban, spelled D-E-S-C-A-N-S-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de descansar.
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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