distraía
[d̪ist̪ɾaˈia]
The verdict
“distraía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,287 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,287
- 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 distraer o de distraerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-distraia · distraía · Spanish
distraía · rank #97,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,287
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 90,663
- PHOTO-FINISH disquisiciones
Nearest frequency peer: disquisiciones (-2 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 “distraía”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- disculpaba
disculpaba
2,722 corpus weight
- dispendio
dispendio
2,717 corpus weight
- disquisicio…
disquisiciones
2,716 corpus weight
- distraía
distraía
2,714 corpus weight
- divides
divides
2,712 corpus weight
- divisan
divisan
2,711 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “distraía” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distraía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪ist̪ɾaˈia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “distraía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
distraía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,287 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪ist̪ɾaˈia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for distraía, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is distraía, spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de distraer o de distraerse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de distraer o de distraerse.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 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.