flotaba
[floˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“flotaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,065 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,065
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de flotar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-flotaba · flotaba · Spanish
flotaba · rank #57,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,065
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH floro
Nearest frequency peer: floro (-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 “flotaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- figurando
figurando
42,941 corpus weight
- floro
floro
42,937 corpus weight
- flotaba
flotaba
42,936 corpus weight
- folle
folle
42,935 corpus weight
- Froilán
Froilán
42,933 corpus weight
- frontis
frontis
42,932 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “flotaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flotaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [floˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “flotaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
flotaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,065 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [floˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for flotaba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is flotaba, spelled F-L-O-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de flotar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de flotar.
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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