estrechan
[esˈt̪ɾet͡ʃãn]
The verdict
“estrechan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,560 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,560
- 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 estrechar o de estrecharse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estrechan · estrechan · Spanish
estrechan · rank #68,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,560
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estirarse
Nearest frequency peer: estirarse (-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 “estrechan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- estampadas
estampadas
31,444 corpus weight
- estirarse
estirarse
31,442 corpus weight
- estrechan
estrechan
31,441 corpus weight
- estrenaba
estrenaba
31,440 corpus weight
- evacuando
evacuando
31,439 corpus weight
- evitación
evitación
31,438 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estrechan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estrechan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈt̪ɾet͡ʃãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estrechan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estrechan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,560 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esˈt̪ɾet͡ʃãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de estrechar o de estrecharse.".
estrechan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is estrechan, spelled E-S-T-R-E-C-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de estrechar o de estrecharse.
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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