despertaban
[d̪espeɾˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“despertaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,264 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,264
- 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 despertar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-despertaban · despertaban · Spanish
despertaban · rank #76,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,264
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH destaquen
Nearest frequency peer: destaquen (+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 “despertaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desdichas
desdichas
23,741 corpus weight
- deseemos
deseemos
23,740 corpus weight
- despertaban
despertaban
23,737 corpus weight
- destaquen
destaquen
23,736 corpus weight
- destruyeran
destruyeran
23,735 corpus weight
- dinámicamen…
dinámicamente
23,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despertaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despertaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪espeɾˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “despertaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
despertaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,264 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪espeɾˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 despertar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for despertaban in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is despertaban, spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de despertar.
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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