esperabais
[espeˈɾaβ̞ajs]
The verdict
“esperabais” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,288 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,288
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esperar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esperabais · esperabais · Spanish
esperabais · rank #96,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,288
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH espeleólogos
Nearest frequency peer: espeleólogos (-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 “esperabais”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- erizado
erizado
3,721 corpus weight
- esclavizadas
esclavizadas
3,719 corpus weight
- escobillas
escobillas
3,718 corpus weight
- escultóricos
escultóricos
3,715 corpus weight
- espeleólogos
espeleólogos
3,714 corpus weight
- esperabais
esperabais
3,713 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esperabais” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esperabais |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [espeˈɾaβ̞ajs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esperabais” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esperabais is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,288 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [espeˈɾaβ̞ajs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esperar.".
esperabais doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 esperabais, spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-B-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esperar.
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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