maltrataba
[mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“maltrataba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,108 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,108
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de maltratar o de maltratarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-maltrataba · maltrataba · Spanish
maltrataba · rank #67,108 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,108
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH malteada
Nearest frequency peer: malteada (-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 “maltrataba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- malagueños
malagueños
32,897 corpus weight
- malintencio…
malintencionados
32,896 corpus weight
- malnacido
malnacido
32,895 corpus weight
- malteada
malteada
32,894 corpus weight
- maltrataba
maltrataba
32,893 corpus weight
- mecanografía
mecanografía
32,889 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “maltrataba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maltrataba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maltrataba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maltrataba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,108 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for maltrataba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is maltrataba, spelled M-A-L-T-R-A-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de maltratar o de maltratarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de maltratar o de maltratarse.
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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