escribíamos

Name: escribíamos, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[eskɾiˈβ̞iamos]

/[eskɾiˈβ̞iamos]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“escribíamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,908 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,908
frequency rank, Spanish: 101,141
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de escribir o de escribirse.

Key facts for escribíamos
Property	Value
Headword	escribíamos
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[eskɾiˈβ̞iamos]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#83,908
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “escribíamos” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). escribíamos lands here:

#83,908

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

escribíamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,908 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eskɾiˈβ̞iamos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de escribir o de escribirse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for escribíamos, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is escribíamos, spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-Í-A-M-O-S.

Definition

1
Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de escribir o de escribirse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escribíamos"?

"escribíamos" is spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-Í-A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [eskɾiˈβ̞iamos].

What does "escribíamos" mean?

As a verb, "escribíamos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de escribir o de escribirse.

How do you pronounce "escribíamos"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escribíamos" is [eskɾiˈβ̞iamos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "escribíamos" come from?

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Using “escribíamos”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-C-R-I-B-Í-A-M-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [eskɾiˈβ̞iamos] (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.