encontrabas
[ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaβ̞as]
The verdict
“encontrabas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,996 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,996
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encontrabas · encontrabas · Spanish
encontrabas · rank #59,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,996
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH encendía
Nearest frequency peer: encendía (-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 “encontrabas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- encarnizada
encarnizada
40,008 corpus weight
- encendí
encendí
40,007 corpus weight
- encendía
encendía
40,006 corpus weight
- encontrabas
encontrabas
40,005 corpus weight
- enema
enema
40,004 corpus weight
- enfadas
enfadas
40,003 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encontrabas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encontrabas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaβ̞as] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encontrabas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encontrabas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,996 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaβ̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for encontrabas in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 encontrabas, spelled E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.
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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