estábamos
[esˈt̪aβ̞amos]
The verdict
“estábamos” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,406. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,406
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estabamos · estábamos · Spanish
estábamos · rank #3,406 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,406
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estabilidad
Nearest frequency peer: estabilidad (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “estábamos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ensayo
ensayo
96,598 corpus weight
- escapar
escapar
96,597 corpus weight
- estabilidad
estabilidad
96,596 corpus weight
- estábamos
estábamos
96,595 corpus weight
- exclusivame…
exclusivamente
96,594 corpus weight
- experto
experto
96,593 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “estábamos” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | estábamos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈt̪aβ̞amos] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “estábamos” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around estábamos (IPA [esˈt̪aβ̞amos]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,406 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for estábamos, with forms such as "esstábamos", "estbáamos", and "esttábamos". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "estamos", "estabas", "establos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is estábamos, spelled E-S-T-Á-B-A-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esstábamos
- estbáamos
- esttábamos
- estáabmos
- estábammos
- estábamoss
- estábamso
- estábaoms
- estábbamos
- estábmaos
- estávamos
- esátbamos
- etsábamos
- setábamos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estábamos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estábamos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "estábamos" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "estamos". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,406 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.