giraban
[xiˈɾaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“giraban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,055 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,055
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” 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 girar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-giraban · giraban · Spanish
giraban · rank #60,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,055
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH ginseng
Nearest frequency peer: ginseng (-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 “giraban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fungió
fungió
39,952 corpus weight
- germinal
germinal
39,949 corpus weight
- ginseng
ginseng
39,947 corpus weight
- giraban
giraban
39,946 corpus weight
- gotita
gotita
39,942 corpus weight
- gozada
gozada
39,941 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “giraban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | giraban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [xiˈɾaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “giraban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
giraban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,055 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [xiˈɾaβ̞ãn]. 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 girar.".
giraban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 giraban, spelled G-I-R-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de girar.
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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