graben
[ˈgɾaβ̞ẽn]
The verdict
“graben” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,588 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,588
- 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 presente de subjuntivo de grabar o de grabarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-graben · graben · Spanish
graben · rank #53,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,588
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH graduales
Nearest frequency peer: graduales (+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 “graben”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ges
ges
46,418 corpus weight
- gnomo
gnomo
46,415 corpus weight
- graben
graben
46,413 corpus weight
- graduales
graduales
46,412 corpus weight
- grow
grow
46,409 corpus weight
- gruñón
gruñón
46,408 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “graben” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graben |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈgɾaβ̞ẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “graben” en español
Rare enough to double-check
graben is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,588 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈgɾaβ̞ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for graben in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is graben, spelled G-R-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de grabar o de grabarse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de grabar o del imperativo negativo de grabarse.
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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