identificaban
[ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“identificaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,650 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,650
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de identificar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | identificaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “identificaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
identificaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,650 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn]. 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 identificar.".
identificaban has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is identificaban, spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de identificar.
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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Using “identificaban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-D-E-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.