instalaba
[ĩnst̪aˈlaβ̞a]
The verdict
“instalaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,328 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,328
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de instalar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-instalaba · instalaba · Spanish
instalaba · rank #78,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,328
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH instituye
Nearest frequency peer: instituye (+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 “instalaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- individuali…
individualizados
21,677 corpus weight
- indomables
indomables
21,676 corpus weight
- instalaba
instalaba
21,673 corpus weight
- instituye
instituye
21,672 corpus weight
- interactuam…
interactuamos
21,671 corpus weight
- intercede
intercede
21,670 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “instalaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | instalaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩnst̪aˈlaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “instalaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
instalaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,328 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩnst̪aˈlaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
instalaba has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is instalaba, spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de instalar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de instalar.
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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