dirigíamos

[d̪iɾiˈxiamos]

/[d̪iɾiˈxiamos]/ verb

The verdict

“dirigíamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,078 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,078
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dirigir o de dirigirse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-dirigiamos · dirigíamos · Spanish

dirigíamos · rank #79,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,078
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH disparará

Nearest frequency peer: disparará (+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 “dirigíamos”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dirigíamos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dirigíamos
PropertyValue
Headworddirigíamos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪iɾiˈxiamos]
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,078
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “dirigíamos” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.dirigíamoscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “disparará” (#79,079), “difuminado” (#79,076), “difference” (#79,075). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “dirigíamos” va en #79,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dirigíamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,078 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪iɾiˈxiamos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dirigir o de dirigirse.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dirigíamos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 dirigíamos, spelled D-I-R-I-G-Í-A-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dirigir o de dirigirse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dirigíamos"?
"dirigíamos" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-Í-A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪iɾiˈxiamos].
What does "dirigíamos" mean?
As a verb, "dirigíamos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dirigir o de dirigirse.
How do you pronounce "dirigíamos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirigíamos" is [d̪iɾiˈxiamos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dirigíamos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list