modificaba
[moð̞ifiˈkaβ̞a]
The verdict
“modificaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,185 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,185
- 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 modificar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-modificaba · modificaba · Spanish
modificaba · rank #83,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,185
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH modificaría
Nearest frequency peer: modificaría (+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 “modificaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- minan
minan
16,822 corpus weight
- modificaba
modificaba
16,816 corpus weight
- modificaría
modificaría
16,815 corpus weight
- modula
modula
16,814 corpus weight
- monitorean
monitorean
16,811 corpus weight
- monocultivos
monocultivos
16,810 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “modificaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modificaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [moð̞ifiˈkaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “modificaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
modificaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,185 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [moð̞ifiˈkaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for modificaba, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is modificaba, spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-C-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de modificar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de modificar.
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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