justificaban

[xust̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn]

/[xust̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn]/ verb

The verdict

“justificaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,728 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,728
frequency rank, Spanish
645
“J” 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 justificar o de justificarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-justificaban · justificaban · Spanish

justificaban · rank #64,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,728
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 645
  • PHOTO-FINISH juras

Nearest frequency peer: juras (-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 “justificaban”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “justificaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for justificaban
PropertyValue
Headwordjustificaban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[xust̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#64,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “justificaban” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).justificabancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “juras” (#64,727), “kaka” (#64,730), “Kaliningrado” (#64,731). Entre 645 lemas con “J”, “justificaban” va en #64,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

justificaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,728 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [xust̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn]. 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 justificar o de justificarse.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for justificaban, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is justificaban, spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de justificar o de justificarse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "justificaban"?
"justificaban" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [xust̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn].
What does "justificaban" mean?
As a verb, "justificaban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de justificar o de justificarse.
How do you pronounce "justificaban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justificaban" is [xust̪ifiˈkaβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justificaban" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "justificaban", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list