evitaban

[eβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞ãn]

/[eβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞ãn]/ verb

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The verdict

“evitaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,804 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,804
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 evitar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-evitaban · evitaban · Spanish

evitaban · rank #60,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,804
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH exhaustivos

Nearest frequency peer: exhaustivos (+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 “evitaban”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “evitaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for evitaban
PropertyValue
Headwordevitaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[eβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “evitaban” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.evitabancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “exhaustivos” (#60,805), “estudiaremos” (#60,802), “extenderán” (#60,806). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “evitaban” va en #60,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

evitaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,804 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 evitar.".

evitaban has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is evitaban, spelled E-V-I-T-A-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de evitar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "evitaban"?
"evitaban" is spelled E-V-I-T-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [eβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞ãn].
What does "evitaban" mean?
As a verb, "evitaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de evitar.
How do you pronounce "evitaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "evitaban" is [eβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "evitaban" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "evitaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exégesis#60,808esclusas#60,790escabiar#60,787forjaron#60,824

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list