favorecían
[faβ̞oɾeˈsiãn]
The verdict
“favorecían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,584 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,584
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” 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 favorecer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-favorecian · favorecían · Spanish
favorecían · rank #61,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,584
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fardos
Nearest frequency peer: fardos (-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 “favorecían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fait
fait
38,421 corpus weight
- falling
falling
38,420 corpus weight
- fanzine
fanzine
38,419 corpus weight
- fardos
fardos
38,418 corpus weight
- favorecían
favorecían
38,417 corpus weight
- figurita
figurita
38,414 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “favorecían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | favorecían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [faβ̞oɾeˈsiãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “favorecían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
favorecían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,584 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [faβ̞oɾeˈsiãn]. 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 favorecer.".
favorecían has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is favorecían, spelled F-A-V-O-R-E-C-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de favorecer.
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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