dificultaba
[d̪ifikul̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“dificultaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,747 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,747
- 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 dificultar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dificultaba · dificultaba · Spanish
dificultaba · rank #63,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,747
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH diferenciando
Nearest frequency peer: diferenciando (-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 “dificultaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- diferenciaba
diferenciaba
36,256 corpus weight
- diferencian…
diferenciando
36,255 corpus weight
- dificultaba
dificultaba
36,254 corpus weight
- diluyen
diluyen
36,253 corpus weight
- disconforme
disconforme
36,251 corpus weight
- disculpad
disculpad
36,249 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dificultaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dificultaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪ifikul̪ˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dificultaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dificultaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,747 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪ifikul̪ˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dificultaba in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is dificultaba, spelled D-I-F-I-C-U-L-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dificultar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dificultar.
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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