iniciaban
[iniˈsjaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“iniciaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,452 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,452
- 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 iniciar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-iniciaban · iniciaban · Spanish
iniciaban · rank #65,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,452
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH infunde
Nearest frequency peer: infunde (-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 “iniciaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- independizar
independizar
34,552 corpus weight
- inflamada
inflamada
34,551 corpus weight
- infunde
infunde
34,550 corpus weight
- iniciaban
iniciaban
34,549 corpus weight
- inminencia
inminencia
34,548 corpus weight
- inocuidad
inocuidad
34,547 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “iniciaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iniciaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [iniˈsjaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “iniciaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
iniciaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,452 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [iniˈsjaβ̞ãn]. 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 iniciar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for iniciaban, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 iniciaban, spelled I-N-I-C-I-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de iniciar.
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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