disculpaba
[d̪iskulˈpaβ̞a]
The verdict
“disculpaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,279 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,279
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de disculpar o de disculparse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-disculpaba · disculpaba · Spanish
disculpaba · rank #97,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,279
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 90,663
- PHOTO-FINISH discrepamos
Nearest frequency peer: discrepamos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “disculpaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- desvelados
desvelados
2,728 corpus weight
- diamantina
diamantina
2,726 corpus weight
- discrepamos
discrepamos
2,723 corpus weight
- disculpaba
disculpaba
2,722 corpus weight
- dispendio
dispendio
2,717 corpus weight
- disquisicio…
disquisiciones
2,716 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “disculpaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disculpaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪iskulˈpaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disculpaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
disculpaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,279 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪iskulˈpaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for disculpaba in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is disculpaba, spelled D-I-S-C-U-L-P-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de disculpar o de disculparse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de disculpar o de disculparse.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.