estimaban
[est̪iˈmaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“estimaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,977 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,977
- 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 pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estimar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estimaban · estimaban · Spanish
estimaban · rank #80,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,977
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estilizados
Nearest frequency peer: estilizados (-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 “estimaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- estambre
estambre
19,028 corpus weight
- estancieros
estancieros
19,027 corpus weight
- estilizados
estilizados
19,025 corpus weight
- estimaban
estimaban
19,024 corpus weight
- estratagemas
estratagemas
19,023 corpus weight
- etiqueten
etiqueten
19,022 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estimaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estimaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [est̪iˈmaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estimaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estimaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,977 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [est̪iˈmaβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estimar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for estimaban, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is estimaban, spelled E-S-T-I-M-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de estimar.
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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