mencionaban
[mẽnsjoˈnaβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“mencionaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,399 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,399
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” 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 mencionar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mencionaban · mencionaban · Spanish
mencionaban · rank #50,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,399
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH menguante
Nearest frequency peer: menguante (+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 “mencionaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- meat
meat
49,605 corpus weight
- mecanización
mecanización
49,604 corpus weight
- mencionaban
mencionaban
49,602 corpus weight
- menguante
menguante
49,601 corpus weight
- menoscabo
menoscabo
49,600 corpus weight
- mentada
mentada
49,599 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mencionaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mencionaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mẽnsjoˈnaβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mencionaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mencionaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,399 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mẽnsjoˈnaβ̞ãn]. 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 mencionar.".
mencionaban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 mencionaban, spelled M-E-N-C-I-O-N-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mencionar.
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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