montaban
[mõn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“montaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,786 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,786
- 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 montar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-montaban · montaban · Spanish
montaban · rank #64,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,786
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH morisco
Nearest frequency peer: morisco (+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 “montaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Micronesia
Micronesia
35,220 corpus weight
- microproces…
microprocesador
35,219 corpus weight
- moldea
moldea
35,217 corpus weight
- montaban
montaban
35,215 corpus weight
- morisco
morisco
35,214 corpus weight
- mozas
mozas
35,210 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “montaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | montaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mõn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “montaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
montaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,786 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mõn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. 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 montar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for montaban in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 montaban, spelled M-O-N-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de montar.
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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