insultaban
[ĩnsul̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“insultaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,038 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,038
- 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 insultar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-insultaban · insultaban · Spanish
insultaban · rank #67,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,038
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 22,782
- PHOTO-FINISH inspeccionado
Nearest frequency peer: inspeccionado (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “insultaban”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- inscriba
inscriba
32,967 corpus weight
- insignes
insignes
32,966 corpus weight
- insinuaba
insinuaba
32,965 corpus weight
- inspecciona…
inspeccionado
32,964 corpus weight
- insultaban
insultaban
32,963 corpus weight
- internauta
internauta
32,961 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “insultaban” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insultaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩnsul̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insultaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
insultaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,038 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩnsul̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 insultar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for insultaban in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is insultaban, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de insultar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.