espantan
[esˈpãn̪t̪ãn]
The verdict
“espantan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,250 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,250
- 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 presente de indicativo de espantar o de espantarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espantan · espantan · Spanish
espantan · rank #52,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,250
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH espantado
Nearest frequency peer: espantado (-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 “espantan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- esfuerces
esfuerces
47,754 corpus weight
- espantado
espantado
47,752 corpus weight
- espantan
espantan
47,751 corpus weight
- esparto
esparto
47,750 corpus weight
- especificad…
especificadas
47,749 corpus weight
- especulativ…
especulativos
47,748 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espantan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espantan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈpãn̪t̪ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espantan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espantan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,250 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esˈpãn̪t̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de espantar o de espantarse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for espantan in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is espantan, spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de espantar o de espantarse.
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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