llamabas
[ʝaˈmaβ̞as]
The verdict
“llamabas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,891 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,891
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llamar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-llamabas · llamabas · Spanish
llamabas · rank #67,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,891
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,327
- PHOTO-FINISH lindes
Nearest frequency peer: lindes (-3 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 “llamabas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lift
lift
32,115 corpus weight
- lindes
lindes
32,113 corpus weight
- llamabas
llamabas
32,110 corpus weight
- llenándose
llenándose
32,107 corpus weight
- load
load
32,106 corpus weight
- Loayza
Loayza
32,105 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “llamabas” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | llamabas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʝaˈmaβ̞as] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “llamabas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
llamabas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,891 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʝaˈmaβ̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llamar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for llamabas, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is llamabas, spelled L-L-A-M-A-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llamar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 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.