imitaban
[imiˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“imitaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,084 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,084
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” 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 imitar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-imitaban · imitaban · Spanish
imitaban · rank #82,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,084
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH impagables
Nearest frequency peer: impagables (+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 “imitaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hándicap
hándicap
17,919 corpus weight
- imitaban
imitaban
17,917 corpus weight
- impagables
impagables
17,916 corpus weight
- imposibilit…
imposibilitan
17,915 corpus weight
- inanimado
inanimado
17,914 corpus weight
- inconsolable
inconsolable
17,912 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “imitaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imitaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [imiˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “imitaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
imitaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,084 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [imiˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 imitar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for imitaban in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 imitaban, spelled I-M-I-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de imitar.
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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