interpretaban
[ĩn̪t̪eɾpɾeˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“interpretaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,187 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,187
- 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 interpretar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-interpretaban · interpretaban · Spanish
interpretaban · rank #80,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,187
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 22,782
- PHOTO-FINISH interactúen
Nearest frequency peer: interactúen (-2 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 “interpretaban”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- intensivame…
intensivamente
19,817 corpus weight
- interactúen
interactúen
19,816 corpus weight
- interpretab…
interpretaban
19,814 corpus weight
- interregno
interregno
19,812 corpus weight
- intervendrán
intervendrán
19,810 corpus weight
- interviú
interviú
19,809 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “interpretaban” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | interpretaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪eɾpɾeˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #80,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “interpretaban” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
interpretaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,187 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩn̪t̪eɾpɾeˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 interpretar.".
interpretaban has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is interpretaban, spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-R-E-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de interpretar.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interpretaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 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.