distinguían
[d̪ist̪ĩŋˈgiãn]
The verdict
“distinguían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,507 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,507
- 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 distinguir o de distinguirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-distinguian · distinguían · Spanish
distinguían · rank #68,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,507
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH disolvieron
Nearest frequency peer: disolvieron (-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 “distinguían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- discreciona…
discrecionales
31,498 corpus weight
- disk
disk
31,496 corpus weight
- disolvieron
disolvieron
31,495 corpus weight
- distinguían
distinguían
31,494 corpus weight
- distrofia
distrofia
31,493 corpus weight
- doctoras
doctoras
31,492 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “distinguían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distinguían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪ist̪ĩŋˈgiãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “distinguían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
distinguían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,507 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪ist̪ĩŋˈgiãn]. 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 distinguir o de distinguirse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for distinguían, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is distinguían, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-G-U-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de distinguir o de distinguirse.
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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