motivaba
[mot̪iˈβ̞aβ̞a]
The verdict
“motivaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,568 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,568
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de motivar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | motivaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mot̪iˈβ̞aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “motivaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
motivaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,568 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mot̪iˈβ̞aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for motivaba, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is motivaba, spelled M-O-T-I-V-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de motivar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de motivar.
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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Using “motivaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-T-I-V-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mot̪iˈβ̞aβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.