destinaba
[d̪est̪iˈnaβ̞a]
The verdict
“destinaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,184 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,184
- 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 destinar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-destinaba · destinaba · Spanish
destinaba · rank #70,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,184
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desprotección
Nearest frequency peer: desprotección (-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 “destinaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desobedece
desobedece
29,821 corpus weight
- desprendía
desprendía
29,819 corpus weight
- desprotecci…
desprotección
29,818 corpus weight
- destinaba
destinaba
29,817 corpus weight
- desvanecier…
desvanecieron
29,816 corpus weight
- desérticas
desérticas
29,815 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “destinaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destinaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪est̪iˈnaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “destinaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
destinaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,184 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪est̪iˈnaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
destinaba has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is destinaba, spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de destinar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de destinar.
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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