motivaba
[mot̪iˈβ̞aβ̞a]
The verdict
“motivaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,568 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,568
- 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 motivar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-motivaba · motivaba · Spanish
motivaba · rank #76,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,568
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH moteros
Nearest frequency peer: moteros (-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 “motivaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- molidos
molidos
23,439 corpus weight
- monzones
monzones
23,437 corpus weight
- moteros
moteros
23,434 corpus weight
- motivaba
motivaba
23,433 corpus weight
- multaron
multaron
23,429 corpus weight
- multimillon…
multimillonarias
23,428 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “motivaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “motivaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
motivaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,568 among 3,868 “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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