empeoraba
[ẽmpeoˈɾaβ̞a]
The verdict
“empeoraba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,600 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,600
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de empeorar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-empeoraba · empeoraba · Spanish
empeoraba · rank #73,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,600
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH embarrada
Nearest frequency peer: embarrada (-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 “empeoraba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- elíptico
elíptico
26,405 corpus weight
- emanados
emanados
26,404 corpus weight
- embarrada
embarrada
26,402 corpus weight
- empeoraba
empeoraba
26,401 corpus weight
- empezás
empezás
26,400 corpus weight
- empodera
empodera
26,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “empeoraba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empeoraba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmpeoˈɾaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “empeoraba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
empeoraba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,600 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpeoˈɾaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for empeoraba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is empeoraba, spelled E-M-P-E-O-R-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de empeorar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de empeorar.
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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