descubría
[d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾia]
The verdict
“descubría” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,526 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,526
- 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 descubrir o de descubrirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-descubria · descubría · Spanish
descubría · rank #55,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,526
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH describían
Nearest frequency peer: describían (-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 “descubría”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desbordan
desbordan
44,478 corpus weight
- Desbordes
Desbordes
44,477 corpus weight
- describían
describían
44,476 corpus weight
- descubría
descubría
44,475 corpus weight
- desertifica…
desertificación
44,474 corpus weight
- desk
desk
44,472 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “descubría” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descubría |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾia] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “descubría” en español
Rare enough to double-check
descubría is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,526 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for descubría, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is descubría, spelled D-E-S-C-U-B-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de descubrir o de descubrirse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de descubrir o de descubrirse.
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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