estorban
[esˈt̪oɾβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“estorban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,568 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,568
- 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 presente de indicativo de estorbar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estorban · estorban · Spanish
estorban · rank #61,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,568
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estivales
Nearest frequency peer: estivales (-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 “estorban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- estimulada
estimulada
38,437 corpus weight
- estipulacio…
estipulaciones
38,436 corpus weight
- estivales
estivales
38,434 corpus weight
- estorban
estorban
38,433 corpus weight
- estrechamie…
estrechamiento
38,432 corpus weight
- estudiarse
estudiarse
38,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estorban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estorban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈt̪oɾβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estorban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estorban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,568 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esˈt̪oɾβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de estorbar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for estorban in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is estorban, spelled E-S-T-O-R-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de estorbar.
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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