elaboraban
[elaβ̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“elaboraban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,871 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,871
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” 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 elaborar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-elaboraban · elaboraban · Spanish
elaboraban · rank #83,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,871
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH ejercemos
Nearest frequency peer: ejercemos (-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 “elaboraban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ecumenismo
ecumenismo
16,135 corpus weight
- ejercemos
ejercemos
16,131 corpus weight
- elaboraban
elaboraban
16,130 corpus weight
- elogiaba
elogiaba
16,128 corpus weight
- embocadura
embocadura
16,126 corpus weight
- emparentadas
emparentadas
16,125 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “elaboraban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elaboraban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [elaβ̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “elaboraban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
elaboraban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,871 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [elaβ̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn]. 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 elaborar.".
elaboraban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 elaboraban, spelled E-L-A-B-O-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de elaborar.
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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