extinguen
[eksˈt̪ĩŋgẽn]
The verdict
“extinguen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,572 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,572
- 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 extinguir o de extinguirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-extinguen · extinguen · Spanish
extinguen · rank #68,572 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,572
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH fajos
Nearest frequency peer: fajos (+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 “extinguen”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- exclusive
exclusive
31,434 corpus weight
- existencial…
existencialista
31,432 corpus weight
- expiar
expiar
31,431 corpus weight
- extinguen
extinguen
31,429 corpus weight
- fajos
fajos
31,428 corpus weight
- falté
falté
31,426 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “extinguen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extinguen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eksˈt̪ĩŋgẽn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “extinguen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
extinguen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,572 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eksˈt̪ĩŋgẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de extinguir o de extinguirse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for extinguen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is extinguen, spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de extinguir o de extinguirse.
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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