espantando
[espãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“espantando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,127 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,127
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerundio de espantar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espantando · espantando · Spanish
espantando · rank #79,127 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,127
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esotéricos
Nearest frequency peer: esotéricos (-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 “espantando”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- envejecemos
envejecemos
20,879 corpus weight
- escupieron
escupieron
20,876 corpus weight
- esotéricos
esotéricos
20,875 corpus weight
- espantando
espantando
20,874 corpus weight
- especulaba
especulaba
20,873 corpus weight
- esperaste
esperaste
20,872 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espantando” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espantando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [espãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espantando” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espantando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,127 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [espãn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de espantar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for espantando, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is espantando, spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de espantar.
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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