devolvían
[d̪eβ̞olˈβ̞iãn]
The verdict
“devolvían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,363 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,363
- 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 devolver.
Corpus desk
Index ES-devolvian · devolvían · Spanish
devolvían · rank #75,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,363
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH devine
Nearest frequency peer: devine (-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 “devolvían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desvelada
desvelada
24,642 corpus weight
- detenta
detenta
24,641 corpus weight
- Deutschland
Deutschland
24,640 corpus weight
- devine
devine
24,639 corpus weight
- devolvían
devolvían
24,638 corpus weight
- dinamitar
dinamitar
24,635 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “devolvían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | devolvían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eβ̞olˈβ̞iãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “devolvían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
devolvían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,363 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eβ̞olˈβ̞iãn]. 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 devolver.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for devolvían, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is devolvían, spelled D-E-V-O-L-V-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de devolver.
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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