esperabas
[espeˈɾaβ̞as]
The verdict
“esperabas” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,608 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #15,608
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esperar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esperabas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [espeˈɾaβ̞as] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esperabas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for esperabas is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [espeˈɾaβ̞as]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,608 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esperar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for esperabas, with forms such as "epserabas", "eseprabas", and "espearbas". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "esperas", "esperada", "esperará", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 esperabas, spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de esperar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epserabas,eseprabas,espearbas,esperaabs,esperabass,esperabbas,esperabsa,esperavas,esperbaas,esperrabas,espperabas,espreabas,essperabas,seperabas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esperabas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “esperabas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-E-R-A-B-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [espeˈɾaβ̞as] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “esperas” - see the side-by-side comparison. esperabas vs esperas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.