engañaban
[ẽŋgaˈɲaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“engañaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,524 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,524
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de engañar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | engañaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋgaˈɲaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “engañaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
engañaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,524 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋgaˈɲaβ̞ãn]. 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 engañar.".
engañaban has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is engañaban, spelled E-N-G-A-Ñ-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de engañar.
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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Using “engañaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-G-A-Ñ-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋgaˈɲaβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.