limpiaba
Letters
8 characters
Frequency Rank
#40,372
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
12
tracked variants
Confusables
6
similar word pairs
limpiaba is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de limpiar. Pronounced [lĩmˈpjaβ̞a]. Often confused with limpiar and limpias.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limpiaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [lĩmˈpjaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for limpiaba is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lĩmˈpjaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,372 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for limpiaba, with forms such as "ilmpiaba", "limipaba", and "limmpiaba". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "limpiar", "limpias", "limpian", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is limpiaba, spelled L-I-M-P-I-A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de limpiar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de limpiar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilmpiaba,limipaba,limmpiaba,limpaiba,limpiaab,limpiabba,limpiava,limpibaa,limppiaba,lipmiaba,llimpiaba,lmipiaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for limpiaba
Misspelling Variants of "limpiaba"
Frequency rank: #40,372 in Spanish
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